National Register of Historic Places
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Archer, Alachua County, Florida
The record
- Listed
- February 2, 2018
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 16979 SW 137 Ave., Archer
- County
- Alachua
- State
- Florida
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 29.52857, -82.52300
- Reference number
- 100002065
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The story
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Bethlehem Presbyterian Church is a church building at 16979 SW 137 Ave. in Archer, Alachua County, built in 1884 in the Carpenter Gothic style. Charles Pearson was its architect, and it was listed in the National Register in 2018.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture. Its period of significance runs from about 1884 to 1936, reflecting the church's 1884 construction and the 1936 addition of its Sunday School wing.
Physical character
The wood-walled church stands on a concrete foundation under a metal roof, with a cross-gabled roofline and a prominent corner steeple. Its windows include lancet and rose forms with a Gothic arch and trefoil motif, and the interior retains scissor trusses and king-posts. A Sunday School wing was added in 1936, a manse was built in 1958, aluminum siding went on in 1981, and a garage, carport and covered walkway followed in 1991.
Historical context
The congregation was founded in Wacahoota in 1866, and its Archer church building was dedicated in 1884. It was known as Archer Presbyterian Church from 1908, and was renamed Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in 1976. The building was rotated 90 degrees in 1936, and Gordon Hall was added in 1977.