{"nrhp_refnum":"85003198","name":"West Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South","other_names":["West Market Street Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 W. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.07369088200005,"lon":-79.79306422499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Richardsonian Romanesque Methodist church sanctuary at 302 West Market Street in Greensboro, North Carolina, built from 1893 to a design by architect S. W. Foulk of New Castle, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved link to Greensboro's religious, educational and social history, and one of three surviving Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in the city. It was built by a committee of prominent citizens during the 1893 depression and incorporated stained-glass windows bought at the Columbian Exposition. The congregation, the city's pioneer Methodist group, sponsored Greensboro College and hosted the 1939 Methodist merger vote.","narrative":"Brownish-red brick, Mt. Airy granite and a massive bell tower mark this 1893 church sanctuary on West Market Street in Greensboro. Architect S. W. Foulk of New Castle, Pennsylvania, designed it in the Richardsonian Romanesque manner, with rounded arches, corner turrets and a recessed porch of three granite arches. A Building Committee of local businessmen and professionals served as general contractor, using Greensboro-made brick and millwork during the financial depression of 1893. Sixty-eight stained-glass windows, first displayed in the German Pavilion at the Chicago Columbian Exposition, were bought as memorials and installed. The sanctuary was built to seat 2,000 and hosted civic rallies and Methodist conferences, including the 1939 vote on merging three Methodist bodies. The congregation, Greensboro's first Methodist church, also founded the school that became Greensboro College. Later changes include a 1957 interior remodeling and a 1962 addition against the north wall, but the other three exterior walls remain largely as built.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific date 1893)","architect_builder":"Architect S. W. Foulk of New Castle, PA; built under a Building Committee of local citizens acting as contractor","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque (Romanesque Revival)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a church, in good condition; the north face is covered by a 1962 building and the interior was remodeled in 1957.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.158253-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/7205/47720572/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85003198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003198/8a244683b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003198/8a244683b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Market_Street_Methodist_Episcopal_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Market_Street_Methodist_Episcopal_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720572","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Market_Street_United_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14708272"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/west-market-street-methodist-episcopal-church-south-85003198/"}