Grace Episcopal Church (Lexington, North Carolina)

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Location419 S. Main St., Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°49′13″N80°15′26″W / 35.82028°N 80.25722°W / 35.82028; -80.25722
Arealess than one acre
Built1902
ArchitectHook & Sawyer; et al.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 06001138 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2006

Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 419 S. Main Street in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1902, and is a one-story, Late Gothic Revival-style red brick building. It features a steeply pitched gable roof, lancet-arched doors and windows, buttresses, a front corner bell tower, and a three-part stained-glass window produced by Tiffany Studios in 1918. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [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. Laura A. W. Phillips (August 2006). "Grace Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.