Methodist Episcopal Church South, Former church building in Roseburg, Oregon, United States

Methodist Episcopal Church South is a former church in Roseburg, Oregon, completed in 1922 and built of stuccoed cast concrete. Its interior holds stained glass windows made by the Povey Brothers, three of them large; a 1959 chemical truck explosion damaged some of these windows.

Methodist Episcopal Church South was completed in 1922, replacing an earlier congregation's home in Roseburg. It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In 1959 a chemical truck explosion leveled eight blocks of the city and extensively damaged the building, including several of its Povey Brothers windows.

The name records the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the denomination formed when American Methodism split over slavery in 1844; this congregation built its Roseburg church in 1922, long after the separation. The building later passed out of church use and was listed on the National Register in 1985.

The former church stands in Roseburg, Oregon, at coordinates 43.20660, -123.34500. Look for the stuccoed cast concrete exterior, then check the interior for the stained glass windows made by the Povey Brothers; three of them are large, and damage from the 1959 chemical truck explosion is part of what you see.

The 1959 chemical truck explosion that levelled eight blocks of Roseburg also damaged the church's Povey Brothers stained glass; by 1974 only one of the three large windows was still in its original condition. Look for the surviving window when inside.