Chungdong First Methodist Church (서울 정동교회)
Update date: 2020-06-25
Description
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Chungdong Church, having being completed in 1897, was the first Christian church that was built after the spread of Protestantism in Korea. The church was founded in 1887 as a small worship house under the name Bethel by Henry Gerhard Appenzeller, an American missionary. As the number of followers increased, the building underwent construction and officially became a church in 1895. Chungdong Church is the only remaining church building from the 19th century. The church was expanded once more in 1926, changing its from a cross-shaped building to a square one. The expansion was made by adding walls using bricks as not to damage the original building structure. The architecture was built in a simplified version of an American gothic house with arched window frames.
Information
Address: 46, Jeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul (04516)
www.chungdong.org (Korean only)
Telephone: +82-2-753-0001
data provided by Korea Tourism Organization
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