Advance is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Davie County, North Carolina, United States. It is seventy-five miles northeast of Charlotte. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,138. It is located along North Carolina Highway 801 just south of Bermuda Run. Advance is part of the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina.
Terrell is a community in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. For the 2010 census, it was included within the Lake Norman of Catawba CDP.
Hay Street United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was the first Methodist church constructed in the city.
James O'Kelly was an American clergyman during the Second Great Awakening and an important figure in the early history of Methodism in America. He was also known for his outspoken views on abolitionism, penning the strong antislavery work, Essay on Negro Slavery. Appointed as a Methodist circuit rider in 1777, he organized preaching circuits on the frontier in central and southeastern North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. He continued his affiliation with the Methodist Episcopal Church from its formal organization in 1784 at the Christmas Conference, when he was ordained an elder. Well regarded as a preacher, he successfully supervised pastors in several regions of Virginia and North Carolina.
McBee Methodist Church, also known as McBee Chapel, is an octagonal, brick, United Methodist church building on Main Street in Conestee, Greenville County, South Carolina. Built in 1856, it was designed by millwright John Adams and named for Vardry McBee (1775-1864), the "Father of Greenville," whose son donated the money to build it. The church was built with a balcony used by slaves. When the balcony was removed sometime following the Civil War, its separate door, to the left of the main entrance, was converted into another window.
Crabtree is an unincorporated community in Haywood County, North Carolina. It is located North of Lake Junaluska along the Pigeon River.
Rehoboth Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located near Skinnersville, Washington County, North Carolina. It was built between 1850 and 1853, and is a one-story, temple-form, Greek Revival style frame structure with a front gable roof. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a pair of double-door entrances.
Trinity Methodist Church, also known as Old Trinity Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church and national historic district located at Broad and Lower Streets in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina. It was built about 1848, and is a two-story, rectangular, frame Federal-style church. Surrounding the church on three sides is the church cemetery.
Ebenezer Methodist Church is a historic church located near Bells, Chatham County, North Carolina. It is located on the west side of SR 1008, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of its junction with SR 1975. It is a modest single-story wood frame structure, with a steeply-pitched metal gable roof and weatherboard siding. It has Gothic Revival features, including a tower with Gothic-arched entrance openings. The sanctuary's windows, doors, and interior woodworking are original to the structure. It was built about 1890, for a Methodist congregation established in 1827.
Centenary Methodist Church, also known as Centenary Memorial United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at 2585 NC 130 E near Rowland, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1885, and enlarged and modified in the Classical Revival style in 1903. It is a one-story, gable front frame building with a rectangular steeple and vestibule. A gable-front portico with cornice returns, supported by two slender wood columns, was added to the church in 1982. Adjacent to the church is the contributing cemetery with approximately 160 marked graves.
Conestee is an unincorporated community in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. Conestee's main attraction is Lake Conestee Nature Park. The community is bordered by the city of Greenville to the north, Mauldin to the east and Gantt to the west.
Chapel Hill Church Tabernacle is a historic Methodist church tabernacle located near Denton, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1870 and enlarged in the 1920s. It is a one-story, heavy-timber, open-framework building, open on three sides. It has a concrete floor and a gable-on-hip roof. The tabernacle was originally used for the religious services at the annual camp meetings. The tabernacle is located on the grounds of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, whose congregation dates from 1854.
Lake Landing Historic District is a national historic district located near Lake Landing, Hyde County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 226 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures related to agricultural complexes near Lake Landing. The district includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Queen Anne, and Coastal Cottage style architecture dating from about 1785 to the early-20th century. The Dr. William Sparrow octagon house, also known as Inkwell, is listed separately. Other notable buildings include the Fulford-Watson House, Gibbs Family House, Young-Roper-Jarvis House, Joseph Young House, Swindell-Mann-Clarke House, Amity Methodist Church, Chapel Hill Academy, St. George's Episcopal Church, John Edward Spencer Store, and George Israel Watson House (1896).
E. M. Backus Lodge, also known as Camp Toxaway and Canaan Land, is a historic hunting lodge and national historic district located near Lake Toxaway, Jackson County and Transylvania County, North Carolina. The lodge was built about 1908, and is a 1 1/2-story, double-pile house of chestnut logs. The lodge contains eight rooms on two floors, each grouped around a central hall. Also on the property are the contributing log stable, caretaker's cottage, guest cottage, barn, and Davis Cottage. The camp became an exclusive girls' camp, Camp Toxaway, in 1922, and a religious and educational retreat in 1955 known as Canaan Land.
Hillmont, also known as the Armstrong-Moltz House and Greystone Inn, is a historic home located at Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was built about 1915, and is a large 2 1/2-story, board and batten sheathed square block with two rambling stone additions. It features flower boxes on all windows, balconies, and casement windows, which give an impression of Swiss-chalet design. It was rehabilitated as the Greystone Inn in the mid-1980s.
The Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground is a historic Methodist camp meeting national historic district located near Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main building is the arbor that dates to 1830. It is an 80 feet long by 60 feet wide open sided frame structure with a gable roof surround on all four sides by pent roof extensions. Located nearby are the church and former schoolhouse, now used as the preacher's dwelling, and the old cemetery.
