Eureka United Methodist Church

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Eureka United Methodist Church
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LocationChurch St., Eureka, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°32′40″N77°52′47″W / 35.54444°N 77.87972°W / 35.54444; -77.87972 Coordinates: 35°32′40″N77°52′47″W / 35.54444°N 77.87972°W / 35.54444; -77.87972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1884
Architectural styleCarpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No. 82003520 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1982

Eureka United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located on Church Street in Eureka, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built in 1884, and is a one-story, three bays wide and four bays deep, vernacular Carpenter Gothic style church. It has steeply pitched gable front roof and bell tower with lancet windows. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. E. Virginia Oswald and Jim Sumner (July 1982). "Eureka United Methodist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.