Yopps Meeting House

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Yopps Meeting House
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LocationNC 172, jct. with Sneads Ferry Rd., near Sneads Ferry, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°33′30″N77°24′16″W / 34.55833°N 77.40444°W / 34.55833; -77.40444 Coordinates: 34°33′30″N77°24′16″W / 34.55833°N 77.40444°W / 34.55833; -77.40444
Area3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1890
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Onslow County MPS
NRHP reference No. 99000868 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1999

Yopps Meeting House, also known as Yopps Primitive Baptist Church, is a historic Primitive Baptist church located at Sneads Ferry, Onslow County, North Carolina. The current building was built around 1890, however the Friends of Yopp's Meeting House organization claims there may have been a log precursor built as early as 1813. The meeting house is a one-story, rectangular, frame building with a steep, gable-front roof and Greek Revival style design elements. Also on the property are two contributing cemeteries, one for white and one for African-American parishioners. Some of the plots are surrounded by iron fencing. [2] [3] [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [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. Noble, Sharyn. "Community pitches in to save Yopp's Meeting House" (PDF). yoppsmeetinghouse.com. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  3. "Yopp's Meeting House: Brief History". www.yoppsmeetinghouse.com. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  4. Edward F. Turberg (May 1999). "Yopps Meeting House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.