Gravel Hill Baptist Church

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Gravel Hill Baptist Church
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All that remains of the Gravel Hill Baptist Church
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Location in United States
LocationGravel Hill Road, Gravel Hill, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°14′56″N91°58′40″W / 35.24889°N 91.97778°W / 35.24889; -91.97778 Coordinates: 35°14′56″N91°58′40″W / 35.24889°N 91.97778°W / 35.24889; -91.97778
Arealess than one acre
Built1935
Architectural styleNPS Rustic architecture
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001323 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1992

The Gravel Hill Baptist Church was a historic church on Gravel Hill Road in rural western White County, Arkansas, United States of America. It was located on Gravel Hill Road in the community of Gravel Hill, south of County Road 26 and west of Searcy. It was a single-story fieldstone structure, built in the Rustic or National Park style. It had a front-facing gable roof, with exposed rafter ends in the Craftsman style, and had a gable roofed entrance porch. The church was built in 1935, and was the only building of its type in the area. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Gravel Hill Baptist Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  3. "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-26.