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Church of the Immaculate Conception (Halifax, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 36°19′33″N 77°35′29″W / 36.32583°N 77.59139°W / 36.32583; -77.59139
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Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Halifax, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Halifax, North Carolina)
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Halifax, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Halifax, North Carolina)
Location145 S. King St., Halifax, North Carolina
Coordinates36°19′33″N 77°35′29″W / 36.32583°N 77.59139°W / 36.32583; -77.59139
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1859, 1889
ArchitectDurang, Edwin Forrest
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.97000533[1]
Added to NRHPJune 04, 1997

Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery is a historic Roman Catholic church and cemetery at 145 S. King Street in Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. The church was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Edwin Forrest Durang, and built in 1889. The church is basically a rectangular gable-front Late Gothic Revival style frame building, 20 feet wide and 37 feet deep. It features a pair of asymmetrical projecting corner towers and lancet-arch window openings. Adjacent to the cemetery is the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery, which contains the Michael Ferrall Family Vault built in 1859.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Davyd Foord Hood (January 1997). "Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.