9.5 mi. W of Lodgepole, Lodgepole, South Dakota. County/parish: Perkins.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 10, 1987. NRIS 87000559.
Part of Harding and Perkins Counties MRA (NRIS 64000794).
2 contributing buildings.
Bethany United Methodist Church is a historic church in Lodgepole, South Dakota. It was built in 1890 and was added to the National Register in 1987.
It is notable as one of the earliest churches built in South Dakota, and "is architecturally significant as part of an important group of churches influenced by the 1852 publication Upjohn's Rural Architecture."
It is located about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Lodgepole in Perkins County, South Dakota. When listed the building was in deteriorated condition.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93204047