Trinity Methodist Church (Elizabethtown, North Carolina)

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Trinity Methodist Church
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LocationBroad and Lower Sts., Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°37′41″N78°36′11″W / 34.62806°N 78.60306°W / 34.62806; -78.60306
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1848
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 89001419 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 14, 1989

Trinity Methodist Church, also known as Old Trinity Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church and national historic district located at Broad and Lower Streets in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina. It was built about 1848, and is a two-story, rectangular, frame Federal-style church. Surrounding the church on three sides is the church cemetery. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Ruth Little and Jim Sumner (1989) [1984]. "Trinity Methodist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.