First Presbyterian Church (Hickory, North Carolina)

First Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	2nd St. and 3rd Ave. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°44′7″N81°20′25″W / 35.73528°N 81.34028°W / 35.73528; -81.34028
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1905-1906
Architect	Bowman Brothers; Et al.
Architectural style	Romanesque, American Four Square
MPS	Hickory MRA
NRHP reference No.	85000585 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 15, 1985

First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 2nd Street and 3rd Avenue NW in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. The church began in 1873 as a small mission church in the village of Hickory Station. ^[2] Construction of the current building took place between 1905 and 1906, and it features a Romanesque Revival architectural style with a granite exterior. The front facade features square towers of unequal height. Attached to the church in 1928, is a three-story granite block Education Building with a flat roof and crenelated cornice. Also on the property is the former manse; a two-story, American Foursquare dwelling with a low hipped roof, overhanging eaves, and hipped dormer. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Stafford, Amelia (2023). "Growing our Heritage First Presbyterian Church" (PDF).
3. Laura A. W. Phillips and Jim Sumner (June 1983). "First Presbyterian Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.