Old German Baptist Brethren Church (Winston-Salem)

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Location4916 Charnel Rd., near Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°00′40″N80°20′30″W / 36.01111°N 80.34167°W / 36.01111; -80.34167 Coordinates: 36°00′40″N80°20′30″W / 36.01111°N 80.34167°W / 36.01111; -80.34167
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1860 (1860), 1942, 1950
Built byEllis, Alexander Hampton; Beckner family
Architectural styleMeetinghouse
NRHP reference # 14000984 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 2014

The Old German Baptist Brethren Church, also known as Fraternity Church, Old Order Church, and Old Fraternity Church, is a historic German Baptist Brethren church located near Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The original section was built in 1860, and is a one-story, front-gable-roofed, heavy-timber-frame meetinghouse. Two frame additions were added to the rear in 1942 and in 1950. [2]

Schwarzenau Brethren German Anabaptist group founded in 1708

The Schwarzenau Brethren, the German Baptist Brethren, Dunkers, Dunkards, Tunkers, or simply the German Baptists, are an Anabaptist group that originally dissented from several Lutheran and Reformed churches that were officially established in some German-speaking states in western and southwestern parts of the Holy Roman Empire as a result of the Radical Pietist ferment of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/01/14 through 12/05/14. National Park Service. 2014-12-12.
  2. Heather Fearnbach (July 2014). "Old German Baptist Brethren Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.