Houck's Chapel

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Houck's Chapel
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Houck's Chapel, September 2012
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Location9th Ave. and 17th St. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′41″N81°22′7″W / 35.74472°N 81.36861°W / 35.74472; -81.36861 Coordinates: 35°44′41″N81°22′7″W / 35.74472°N 81.36861°W / 35.74472; -81.36861
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
MPS Hickory MRA
NRHP reference No. 85000587 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 1985

Houck's Chapel is a historic Methodist church located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1888, and is a small, rectangular frame church building. It is two bays wide and four deep and rests on a stone pier foundation. Atop the roof is a pyramidal roofed belfry. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

Houck's Chapel has been restored by the Hickory Landmarks Society and is open for tours by appointment.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips and Jerry Cross (June 1983). "Houck's Chapel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.