This one-story, rectangular structure built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is constructed of limestone blocks, quarried about six miles away. A double-leaf entrance door with a twelve-pane transom is recessed within a rectangular, stone entrance bay, which rises beyond the cornice line. To the right of the entrance is a row of ten nine-over-nine wood-framed sash windows: two groups of four, followed by a pair. Native oak and yellow pine are used inside, plus a small amount of lumber salvaged from a previous school building. In 1959, the Everton School closed after school district consolidation, and the building was sold to the local Methodist congregation. The building’s sturdy construction and spacious well-lit interior works well for its new function. In the early 1990s the congregation added a “mail-order” steeple above the square projecting entrance bay.
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Everton United Methodist Church (Everton Schoolhouse)
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