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Checotah in McIntosh County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
 

Methodist Episcopal Church, South

 
 
Methodist Episcopal Church, South NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2014
1. Methodist Episcopal Church, South NRHP Marker
Inscription.

Established - 1890
Sanctuary Built - 1917
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior
November 13, 1984

 
Erected by First United Methodist Church.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made FeaturesReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is November 1989.
 
Location. 35° 28.244′ N, 95° 31.504′ W. Marker is in Checotah, Oklahoma, in McIntosh County. It is at the intersection of Gentry Avenue (U.S. 266) and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Gentry Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 419 West Gentry Avenue, Checotah OK 74426, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation and specifically in the Cherokee Nation. It is also in the American South, specifically on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian
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Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Towry Brothers Building (about 600 feet away); The Gentry Block (about 700 feet away); 116 South Broadway (about 700 feet away); Kniseley and Long Building (about 700 feet away); City Hall (about 800 feet away); Tabor House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jefferson Highway (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Checotah.
 
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2014
2. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Marker
Now First United Methodist Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 554 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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