Woodrow Methodist Church is a historic 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 1109 Woodrow Road in Woodrow

Woodrow, Staten Island

Woodrow is a name increasingly applied to the western part of Huguenot, a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, United States.The first Methodist church in the immediate New York City area opened in the neighborhood in 1771...

, Staten Island, New York. It was built in 1842 and is a wood frame, clapboard sided, temple form Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

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 style building. It features a portico

Portico

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 with four Doric order

Doric order

The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...

 columns supporting a plain entabulature and unadorned pediment. Above the portico is a three stage, open bell tower

Bell tower

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 and spire

Spire

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 in a vernacular Italianate

Italianate architecture

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 style added in 1876. Also on the property is a two story clapboard house built about 1850 and expanded in 1860-1861.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1982.