Cape Fear Baptist Church

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Cape Fear Baptist Church
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Cape Fear Baptist Church
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LocationSR 2233, Hope Mills, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°54′21″N78°49′37″W / 34.90583°N 78.82694°W / 34.90583; -78.82694
Area3.8 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1859
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 83003816 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 13, 1983

Cape Fear Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church near Hope Mills in Grays Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Cape Fear Baptist Church is on Butler Nursery Road in rural Cumberland County, North Carolina. The church was established in 1756 as Particular Baptist Church. The current sanctuary was constructed in 1859. It is a two-story frame gable-roof building with a monumental Greek Revival style two-story pedimented front portico. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. Linda Jasperse and Jim Sumner (November 1982). "Cape Fear Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.