Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Jct. of NC 1106 at NC 1516, near Farm Life, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°43′28″N77°2′16″W / 35.72444°N 77.03778°W / 35.72444; -77.03778
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1892 (1892), c. 1897
Architectural style	Front-gable
NRHP reference No.	05000324 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 20, 2005

Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located near Farm Life, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1897, and is a front-gable, unadorned frame building. The building measures 44 feet, 4 inches, wide and 60 feet, 4 inches deep. The interior was historically divided by gender, with men and women sitting separately until approximately the mid-20th century. ^[2] Also on the property is the former Smithwick's Creek Baptismal House, built in 1892 and moved to site November 2003. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). North Carolina Website. March 4, 2005.
3. Penne Sandbeck (November 2004). "Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.