{{short description|Church building in Cartersville, United States of America}} {{Use American English|date=June 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}{{Infobox NRHP | name = Sam Jones Methodist Church | nrhp_type = | image = Sam Jones UMC.jpg | caption = | location = 100 W. Church St., Cartersville, Georgia | coordinates = {{coord|34.1664|N|84.7977|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Georgia#USA | built = 1906–1907 | architect = Downing, Walter T. | architecture = Classical Revival | added = September 5, 1985 | area = {{convert|1.5|acre}} | refnum = 85001972<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Sam Jones Methodist Church''' (formerly '''Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church''') at 100 W. Church St. in Cartersville, Georgia was built in 1907. It was designed by Atlanta architect Walter T. Downing. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.<ref name=nris />

The church was deemed significant architecturally as a "fine example of a church built in the Classical Revival Style exemplified by the use of a full entablature and portico."<ref name=nrhpdoc /> It is also notable for its association with one of the county's oldest Methodist churches, and for its namesake Sam P. Jones.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=85001972}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church |publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=August 26, 2016 |author=Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. |date=July 23, 1985}} with {{NRHP url|id=85001972|photos=y|title=11 photos from 1985}}</ref>

It is named for Sam Jones (1847–1906)—a native of Oak Bowery, Alabama, who lived in Cartersville from the age of twelve and is buried in Cartersville—an evangelist who preached across the United States. After his sudden death during the construction of their new church, the Cartersville Methodist Episcopal Church South renamed itself in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samjonesmethodist.org/about-sam-jones |title=About Sam Jones |publisher=Sam Jones Methodist Church |accessdate=2016-08-26}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.samjonesmethodist.org/ Official website]

{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Churches completed in 1907 Category:Buildings and structures in Bartow County, Georgia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Bartow County, Georgia Category:Neoclassical church buildings in the United States Category:Global Methodist churches in the United States Category:Methodist churches in Georgia (U.S. state)

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