Jersey Settlement Meeting House | |
Location | N side SR 1272 0.2 mi. E of jct. with SR 1104, near Linwood, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°43′55″N80°18′42″W / 35.73194°N 80.31167°W Coordinates: 35°43′55″N80°18′42″W / 35.73194°N 80.31167°W |
Area | 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) |
Built | 1842 |
Architectural style | greek revival |
MPS | Davidson County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84002032 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 10, 1984 |
Jersey Settlement Meeting House, also known as Jersey Baptist Church, is a historic church and meeting house located near Linwood, Davidson County, North Carolina. The Baptist congregation was founded around 1755 by settlers from New Jersey. Among them was Benjamin Merrill, a local leader in the Regulator movement from 1765 to 1771, who was captured and executed following the Battle of Alamance. [2]
The current Greek Revival church meeting house was built in 1842 near the Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery. It is a rectangular gable-front brick building, four bays long and two bays wide. A belfry was added in 1897-1899 and a portico in 1945. [3]
The meeting house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
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