Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School
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Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School is a historic Methodist Episcopal
church and former one-room school
located at Taylor Center
in Cortland County, New York
. The church, also known as Second Methodist Episcopal Church of Taylor, the Solon Pond Church, and the Christian Community Church of Solon Pond, was constructed about 1870. It is a one story, white clapboard building measuring 30 feet by 40 feet. It has a gable roof and small wing. The interior is laid out in the Akron Plan
style. The school is included in the nomination to the register, but it is non-contributing.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2010.
Methodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, was a development of the first expression of Methodism in the United States. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops. Through a series of...
church and former one-room school
One-room school
One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room...
located at Taylor Center
Taylor, New York
Taylor is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The town is in the eastern part of the county and is east of the City of Cortland. The population was 500 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Zachary Taylor.- History :...
in Cortland County, New York
Cortland County, New York
Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, named after Federico Van Cortlandt, president of the convention at Kingston that wrote the first New York State Constitution in 1777, and first lieutenant governor of the state. The county seat is Cortland...
. The church, also known as Second Methodist Episcopal Church of Taylor, the Solon Pond Church, and the Christian Community Church of Solon Pond, was constructed about 1870. It is a one story, white clapboard building measuring 30 feet by 40 feet. It has a gable roof and small wing. The interior is laid out in the Akron Plan
Akron Plan
Akron Plan for church buildings was popularized by architectural pattern books in the late 19th and early 20th century. The plan is typified by an auditorium form worship space surrounded by connecting Sunday school classrooms spaces on one or two levels. The plan promotes efficiency of movement...
style. The school is included in the nomination to the register, but it is non-contributing.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2010.