St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Asheville, North Carolina)

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Location337 Charlotte St., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°36′39.47″N82°32′42.13″W / 35.6109639°N 82.5450361°W / 35.6109639; -82.5450361
Built1914
ArchitectSmith, Richard S.; Beadle, Chauncey
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 94001476 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 1994

St. Mary's Episcopal Church is an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal parish in Asheville, North Carolina, United States, in the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina.

Its historic redbrick Gothic Revival church was designed by Richard Sharp Smith and Chauncey Beadle and built in 1914. [2]

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] It is located in the Proximity Park Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. Kent R. Newell (July 1994). "St. Mary's Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

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