Bethesda Methodist Protestant Church

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Bethesda Methodist Protestant Church
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Location30974 NC 561, Brinkleyville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°16′25″N77°50′28″W / 36.27361°N 77.84111°W / 36.27361; -77.84111 Coordinates: 36°16′25″N77°50′28″W / 36.27361°N 77.84111°W / 36.27361; -77.84111
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1853 (1853)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 12000576 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 2012

Bethesda Methodist Protestant Church is a historic Methodist Protestant church located at Brinkleyville, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was built in 1853, and is a one-story, vernacular Greek Revival-style heavy timber-frame building. It is sheathed in weatherboard. has a pedimented gable front, paired entrances, and rests on a stuccoed stone pier foundation. Adjacent to the church is the contributing church cemetery. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/27/12 through 8/31/12. National Park Service. 2012-09-07.
  2. Drucilla H. York (September 2011). "Bethesda Methodist Protestant Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.