Mount Ebal Methodist Protestant Church | |
Location | End of SR 2518, near Denton, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°37′34″N80°4′5″W / 35.62611°N 80.06806°W Coordinates: 35°37′34″N80°4′5″W / 35.62611°N 80.06806°W |
Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
Built | 1883 |
Architect | Sexton, John T.; Thompson, Alfred |
MPS | Davidson County MRA |
NRHP reference # | 84002143 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 10, 1984 |
Mount Ebal Methodist Protestant Church is a historic property of the Methodist Protestant Church located at the end of SR 2518 near Denton in Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1883, and is a one-story, gabled frame building, 36 feet wide and 48 feet deep. The building rests on fieldstone piers. The building had ceased to be in regular use by about 1940, although an annual homecoming takes place in June each year. [2]
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Also on the property is a contributing church cemetery. [3]
A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.
The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
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