Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery
Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery | |
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Location | SR 1843, near Lexington, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°51′10″N 80°13′3″W / 35.85278°N 80.21750°WCoordinates: 35°51′10″N 80°13′3″W / 35.85278°N 80.21750°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Architect | Multiple |
MPS | Anglo-German Cemeteries TR |
NRHP reference No. | 84002145[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 10, 1984 |
Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery is a historic church cemetery located near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It is associated with the Pilgrim Reformed Church, founded about 1757 By a man of the name Valentine Leonhardt. It contains approximately 350 burials, with the earliest gravestone dated to 1781. It features a unique collection of folk gravestones by local stone cutters erected in Davidson County in the late-18th and first half of the 19th centuries.[2] The church was the first Pilgrim church in North Carolina.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ruth Little (July 1983). "Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
Categories:
- Protestant Reformed cemeteries
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Cemeteries in Davidson County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina
- Piedmont Triad region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Davidson County, North Carolina geography stubs