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Carthage United Methodist Church

church building in Carthage, United States of America

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ22073160 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Carthage United Methodist Church is a historic church in Carthage, Tennessee, USA.

Location

The church is located at 609 Main Street in Carthage, a small town in Smith County, Tennessee, United States.

History

The church building was completed in 1889. It was designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style. It was built for the Carthage United Methodist Church congregation as its fourth church building. The congregation was established in 1808.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 5, 1985, as a significant example of Gothic Revival Church architecture in Carthage. The church includes a bell town and stained glass lancet windows.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Carthage United Methodist Church” as church building in Carthage, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889, 1808, 1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1889. The account is most persuasive where Carthage, United and Methodist can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as church building in Carthage, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q22073160. Authority coordinates are 36.255, -85.951. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1808 and 1985.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Carthage United Methodist Church”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Carthage United Methodist Church primary sources, Carthage United Methodist Church archive and Carthage research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Carthage United Methodist Church”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Carthage United Methodist Church” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.