Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery

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Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery
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LocationSR 1755, near High Point, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°58′15″N80°3′20″W / 35.97083°N 80.05556°W / 35.97083; -80.05556 Coordinates: 35°58′15″N80°3′20″W / 35.97083°N 80.05556°W / 35.97083; -80.05556
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
MPS Anglo-German Cemeteries TR
NRHP reference No. 84002151 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 10, 1984

Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery is a historic church cemetery located near High Point, Davidson County, North Carolina. It is associated with the Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church, founded in 1830. It contains approximately 300 burials, with the earliest gravestone dated to 1839. It features a unique collection of folk gravestones by local stonecutters erected in Davidson County in the late-18th and first half of the 19th centuries. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Ruth Little (July 1983). "Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.