About Us

National Register of Historic Places

This is the fifth house of worship for Jasper's oldest religious congregation. The original meetinghouse was a log structure, formerly used as a community school, assembly hall, and church, which was deeded to the Methodists on June 14, 1833. This structure continued to serve the Methodist congregation for a quarter of a century until 1858 or 1859, when a frame building was erected on the present site, largely through the efforts and generosity of one church member, Mrs. Amanda Savage. On March 27, 1865, this building, along with the nearby Walker County Courthouse and Masonic hall, was burned by a detachment of Michigan soldiers from the command of General James Wilson.

Our Dome

The most striking feature of the sanctuary interior is the art glass dome, 34 feet in diameter and nine feet high, which illuminates worship from above. It is built in 109 sections and contains more than 30,000 pieces of glass. Invisible from outside the church, the dome is artificially lighted from behind. Beyond a geometrically patterned border, the glazing depicts angels and cherubs. Colonel Lycurgus Breckinridge Musgrove gave the stained-glass dome in memory of his mother, Elizabeth Cain Musgrove. Spared in the 1974 tornado, the blue angels and cherubs continue to inspire the congregation.