St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Brevard, North Carolina)

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St. Philip's Episcopal Church
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Location256 E. Main St., Brevard, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°13′54″N82°43′51″W / 35.23167°N 82.73083°W / 35.23167; -82.73083
Arealess than one acre
Built1926
Built byKilpatrick, Marshall
Architect Asbury, Louis Humbert
Architectural style Normanesque Revival
MPS Transylvania County MPS
NRHP reference No. 97001594 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1997

St. Philip's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 256 E. Main Street in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Louis Humbert Asbury and built in 1926. It is a tall one-story, Normanesque Revival style stone structure on a nave plan, with a narthex/tower on the main elevation and a chancel on the rear. It has a two-story bell tower and stained glass windows. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1] It is located in the East Main Street Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Sybil Argintar Bowers (July 1997). "St. Philip's Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.