Big Rockfish Presbyterian Church

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Big Rockfish Presbyterian Church
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LocationSR 2268, Hope Mills, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°57′6″N78°55′27″W / 34.95167°N 78.92417°W / 34.95167; -78.92417
Area13.1 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1855
ArchitectMcDonald, John
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 83001844 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1983

Big Rockfish Presbyterian Church is an historic Presbyterian church located at Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1855, and is a two-story, three bay by four bay, gable-end frame building with double front entrances in the vernacular Greek Revival style. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

Worship still continues each Sunday at 11AM with education hour at 10AM. The church hosts many special events throughout the year for different ages and for the community. The church is alongside Highway 301 (I-95 Business) Northbound side, Marracco St is the service road. The church is at the corner with McNeil St. 0.7 miles north of the Highway 59 Overpass. [3]

It is part of The Presbyterian Church USA and the Presbytery of Coastal Carolina.

The church has an historic cemetery. Some details about the cemetery are online. [4]

The church is referred to in a short story by Charles W. Chesnutt entitled "The Marked Tree," where a young man attends this church and becomes very religious while dating a local Rockfish belle he later marries.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Linda Jasperse (November 1982). "Big Rockfish Presbyterian Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ↑ Presbytery of Coastal Carolina Website Archived 2013-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Findagrave.com link


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