California Creek Missionary Baptist Church

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California Creek Missionary Baptist Church
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LocationUS 23, near Mars Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°52′25″N82°30′50″W / 35.87361°N 82.51389°W / 35.87361; -82.51389 Coordinates: 35°52′25″N82°30′50″W / 35.87361°N 82.51389°W / 35.87361; -82.51389
Arealess than one acre
Built1917
ArchitectCorn, George
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Gothic
NRHP reference No. 84002342 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1984

California Creek Missionary Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located near Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917, and moved to its present location in 1937. It is a Gothic Revival style white frame church with Colonial Revival style decorative elements. It has a cruciform plan and paired principal entrances in corner towers on the front facade. A two-story, brick Sunday School annex was built in 1954. The church was sold to private owners in the late-1970s. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. John Flowers and Doug Swaim (April 1984). "California Creek Missionary Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.