Waldensian Presbyterian Church | |
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| Location | 109 E. Main St., Valdese, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°44′34″N81°33′45″W / 35.74278°N 81.56250°W Coordinates: 35°44′34″N81°33′45″W / 35.74278°N 81.56250°W |
| Area | 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000116 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 1984 |
Waldensian Presbyterian Church is a historic Waldensian church at 104 East Main Street in Valdese, Burke County, North Carolina.
In 1893, twenty-nine Waldenses from the Cottian Alps of Italy arrived in Burke County, North Carolina, to pave the way for several hundred other Waldensian immigrants. In 1897, the Waldensians began to construct a Romanesque-style church that would resemble those they left in Italy and France. The building was officially completed in 1899. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] The congregation is a component of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Valdese is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,689 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of the largest Waldensian congregations in the United States was founded in the town in the late nineteenth century, now known as the Waldensian Presbyterian Church. The town was settled by immigrants from the Cottian Alps in the Piedmont region of Italy.
The Waldensians, Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois) are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation.
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