Smyrna Methodist Church

Smyrna Methodist Church, located six miles west of Searcy (White County), is the oldest documented church building in Arkansas. Tree-ring dating was used to determine 1857 as the date of construction, making it one of the state’s handful of antebellum churches.

White men and women outside single-story church building with bell tower

Photo by Jay King

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