First United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist

Methodism

Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...

 church at 226 E. Lincoln Avenue in Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, New York

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, Westchester County, New York

Westchester County, New York

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. It was built in 1900-1901 and is a Romanesque Revival

Romanesque Revival architecture

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 style building. It is constructed of granite

Granite

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 with limestone details and a red slate

Slate

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 roof. It features an 85 foot bell

Bell tower

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 and clock tower and multi-gabled roof. The interior features a semi-circular, amphitheater-like seating plan in the Akron Plan

Akron Plan

Akron Plan for church buildings was popularized by architectural pattern books in the late 19th and early 20th century. The plan is typified by an auditorium form worship space surrounded by connecting Sunday school classrooms spaces on one or two levels. The plan promotes efficiency of movement...

.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2000.