{"nrhp_refnum":"89000154","name":"Stewart Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church South","other_names":["Stewart Avenue United Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"867 Stewart Ave., SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.731344172000036,"lon":-84.40829228899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, asymmetrical Beaux Arts-style church at 867 Stewart Avenue SW in Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1921 of cream-colored brick veneer. It sits in a middle-class residential neighborhood south of downtown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an important local example of Beaux Arts design applied to a church, built rather late in that style's popularity. It has no steeple or dome and resembles a library more than a church, and its interior plan is unusual. It is attributed to Rev. Charles M. Lipham, a Methodist minister who designed churches and parsonages, and it has notable pressed metal and opalescent glass details.","narrative":"Built in 1921 at the corner of Stewart and Lillian Avenues in Atlanta, this two-story church is faced in cream-colored brick and has no steeple or other obvious religious symbols. A pair of monumental Corinthian columns frames the entrance, and the building looks more like a library than a church. Inside, the sanctuary is laid out on a double cruciform plan and is entered from the side rather than directly into the central aisle. Notable details include a pressed-metal ceiling with a Greek key motif, a coved cornice with urn designs, opalescent glass windows, and original wooden pews. The congregation began as the Bonnie Brae Mission, which grew out of a 1908 tent revival. No architect is documented, but the design is attributed to Rev. Charles M. Lipham, a Methodist minister who designed and supervised church buildings, partly because nearly identical churches exist elsewhere in Georgia. It was listed for its architecture and remains an active congregation today.","period_of_significance":"1921-1938","architect_builder":"Unknown - attributed to Rev. Charles M. Lipham","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals/Beaux Arts","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains an active place of worship; very few changes since 1921, with the heating converted from coal-fired steam to natural gas.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.830962-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89000154.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000154/6bd50e9ffd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000154/6bd50e9ffd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ramsey Eden","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stewart_Street_Methodist_Church.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramsey Eden</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:Stewart_Street_Methodist_Church.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00000563","name":"Adair Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/adair-park-historic-district-00000563/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208356","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134342160"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/stewart-avenue-methodist-episcopal-church-south-89000154/"}