Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church

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Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church
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LocationNW side NC 1001, 0.1 mi. N of jct with NC 1106, Bear Grass, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°46′3″N77°7′42″W / 35.76750°N 77.12833°W / 35.76750; -77.12833
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
Architectural styleFront-gable
NRHP reference No. 05000352 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 2005

Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located on the north side NC 1001, 0.1 miles north of the junction with NC 1106 in Bear Grass, Martin County, North Carolina. [2] It was built in 1877, and is a front-gable, two-bay frame building. The building measures 42 feet, 2 3/4 inches, wide and 64 feet, 4 1/2 inches deep. It rests on a brick pier foundation and it is believed that parts of the earlier building are incorporated into the current edifice. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church (Bear Grass, N.C.), Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) on NC State University Libraries".
  3. Penne Sandbeck (November 2004). "Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.