The Goddard United Methodist Church formerly the Dodson Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic church at 1922 Dodson Avenue in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The church building is an imposing Late Gothic stone structure, built in 1930 to a design by the local architectural firm of Haralson & Nelson. The congregation for which it was built was founded in 1908, and worshipped in a wood-frame church at this site prior to the construction of the present edifice. In October 1945 the church was renamed the Goddard Memorial Methodist Church in honor of a recent pastor, Dr. O. E. Goddard. The church complex includes, in addition to the church, a children's building, fellowship hall, and office building.[2]
Dodson Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church | |
 Front of the church | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 1922 Dodson Ave., Fort Smith, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°22′19″N 94°24′45″W / 35.37194°N 94.41250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Haralson & Nelson |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000082[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 2, 2006 |
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Dodson Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
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