Montrose Presbyterian Church
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{{short description|Historic church in Mississippi, United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Montrose Presbyterian Church
| nrhp_type =
| image = Montrose Presbyterian Church.jpg
| caption = Montrose Presbyterian Church in 2008
| location = Cty Rd. 20, Montrose, Mississippi
| coordinates = {{coord|32|7|24|N|89|14|12|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Mississippi#USA
| built = 1910
| architect =
| architecture = Gothic
| added = May 09, 2003
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 03000388{{NRISref|version=2009a}}
}}
Montrose Presbyterian Church is a historic church on County Road 20 in Montrose, Mississippi, United States.
History
Montrose Presbyterian Church was organized in 1841, and the church building was constructed in 1907.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mississippimarkers.com/newton-and-jasper-counties.html|title=Historical Markers in Newton and Jasper counties|website=MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL MARKERS, MDAH|accessdate=January 13, 2024}} Land for the church and cemetery was donated by John Newton Waddel, who served as The University of Mississippi chancellor from 1865 to 1874. In 1983, the church ceased as an organization.
The church building was added to the National Register in 2003.{{Cite web |date=May 2003 |title=Montrose Presbyterian Church{{!}}NATIONAL REGISTER DIGITAL ASSETS |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/03000388 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=npgallery.nps.gov}}
Mississippi historian Cyril Edward Cain (1883–1963) is buried in Montrose Presbyterian Church Cemetery.Cain, Winton Burell. 1995. A Cain Connection, Maryland to Mississippi and Beyond (1686-1995). McDowell Publications, Utica, Kentucky.
References
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Presbyterian churches in Mississippi
Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
Category:Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Mississippi
Category:Churches completed in 1910
Category:20th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Jasper County, Mississippi
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