First Presbyterian Church (Hickory, North Carolina)
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Location | 2nd St. and 3rd Ave. NW, Hickory, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°44′7″N 81°20′25″W / 35.73528°N 81.34028°WCoordinates: 35°44′7″N 81°20′25″W / 35.73528°N 81.34028°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1905-1906 |
Architect | Bowman Brothers; Et al. |
Architectural style | Romanesque, American Four Square |
MPS | Hickory MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 85000585[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 15, 1985 |
First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 2nd Street and 3rd Avenue NW in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1905–1906, and is a Romanesque Revival-style church sheathed in granite. The front facade features square towers of unequal height. Attached to the church in 1928, is a three-story granite block Education Building with a flat roof and crenelated cornice. Also on the property is the former manse; a two-story, American Foursquare dwelling with a low hipped roof, overhanging eaves, and hipped dormer.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Laura A. W. Phillips and Jim Sumner (June 1983). "First Presbyterian Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Categories:
- Presbyterian churches in North Carolina
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Romanesque Revival church buildings in North Carolina
- Churches completed in 1906
- 20th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Catawba County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Catawba County, North Carolina
- 1906 establishments in North Carolina
- Catawba County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- North Carolina church stubs