Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

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Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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Ramah Presbyterian Church sanctuary
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LocationNC 2439 .3 miles N of jct. with NC 2426, near Huntersville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°26′22″N80°48′10″W / 35.43944°N 80.80278°W / 35.43944; -80.80278
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1801 (1801), 1881
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Vernacular Gk. Revival/Ital.
MPS Rural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91000081 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1991

Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The current church sanctuary was built in 1881, and is a rectangular, gable-front vernacular Greek Revival / Italianate style frame building. It is three bays wide and has segmental-arched, double-hung sash windows and a tall rectangular and segmental-arched louvered vent. Also on the property is a one-story, log Fellowship Building built in 1935. The cemetery contains approximately 500 burials, with the oldest dating to about 1800. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#91000081)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Richard Mattson and William Huffman (July 1990). "Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.