Centenary Methodist Church (Rowland, North Carolina)
Appearance
Centenary Methodist Church | |
Location | 2585 NC 130 E, jct. with NC 2462, near Rowland, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°29′33″N 79°15′6″W / 34.49250°N 79.25167°W |
Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
Built | 1885 | , 1903
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 07000294[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 10, 2007 |
Centenary Methodist Church, also known as Centenary Memorial United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at 2585 NC 130 E near Rowland, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1885, and enlarged and modified in the Classical Revival style in 1903. It is a one-story, gable front frame building with a rectangular steeple and vestibule. A gable-front portico with cornice returns, supported by two slender wood columns, was added to the church in 1982. Adjacent to the church is the contributing cemetery with approximately 160 marked graves.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Beth Keane (November 2006). "Centenary Methodist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
Categories:
- Methodist churches in North Carolina
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Churches completed in 1885
- 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Robeson County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Robeson County, North Carolina
- 1885 establishments in North Carolina
- Neoclassical church buildings in the United States
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- North Carolina church stubs