107 N 1ST AVE 

This one‐story brick church and Sunday school building have modest Gothic Revival styling and are good local examples of ecclesiastical architecture. An enclosed porch was added, perhaps in 1951, to serve as a narthex. The Sunday school building also appears to have been added to the church at the same time as the porch. The porch was removed during a recent remodel of the building. 

The original First Methodist Church building was constructed on the site in 1904. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1942, and a new church building was erected during World War II by members of the congregation. In that period of scarce building materials, and even scarcer manpower, much of the detailing and finishing of the church’s interior was done by member volunteers. Fire damage to the interior in 1951 also was repaired by local crews. 

The property appears to be the only surviving church in Mansfield built more than 50 years ago. While First Methodist Church of Mansfield, 1944 Source: The Historic and Architectural Resources of Mansfield, Texas, 2000 and The History of Mansfield, 1996 Photographs courtesy of the Mansfield Historical Society most church congregations in Mansfield go back 100 years or more, they have outgrown their historic churches, removing older buildings and erecting new facilities to house larger congregations. As such this church is a rare example of historic church architecture in a community that once had many historic church buildings. 

This building is an officially recognized historic resource of the City of Mansfield.