Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | |
Location | U.S. 21, near Houstonville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°51′43″N 80°50′41″W / 35.86194°N 80.84472°W |
Area | 6.3 acres (2.5 ha) |
Built | 1823 | , c. 1855
Architectural style | vernacular Greek Revival |
MPS | Iredell County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 80002857[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 8, 1980 |
Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic school building, Presbyterian church, and cemetery located near Houstonville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The log building was constructed in 1823 and housed Ebenezer Academy. The church building was built about 1855, and is a one-story, three bay by five bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame building with a low gable roof. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery with burials dating to about 1785.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
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Bethany Presbyterian Church, c. 1855
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
Categories:
- Presbyterian churches in North Carolina
- Protestant Reformed cemeteries
- Cemeteries in North Carolina
- Defunct schools in North Carolina
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Churches completed in 1823
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Iredell County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Iredell County, North Carolina
- Central North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs