Garysburg United Methodist Church 5
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Located in Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, the Garysburg United Methodist Church and Cemetery is in a quiet, attractive location, set back a distance from the street. The serenity is amplified by the shade trees to the rear and east side of the building. Church tradition dates the church from 1853, but the National Register plaque gives the construction date as 1849. The U. S. Geological Survey map (Weldon, NC, 1974) gives the name as Chapel Grove Church. It appears on Flickr's map with this name. Stylistically the rectangular structure is a Greek Revival temple form, built on 18th century patterns of New England churches. This form appears on numerous Christmas cards and has come to typify the house of worship at Christmas time.
The church in Garysburg replaced Moore’s Chapel (Moore's Meeting House) between Garysburg and the county seat of Jackson. Land for the building was given by Roderick B. Gary, a prominent Garysburg citizen who served 13 terms in the North Carolina General Assembly. His gift was unusual, for he was not a member of the congregation. "Footprints in Northampton" states the building in 1862 served as a hospital during the Civil War. In 1905 the church underwent many changes: slave galleries were removed and it's thought the steeple was added then. In addition, a coffered patterned was installed in the interior. More repairs were instituted in 1949 and also in 1954 after damage caused by Hurricane Hazel. The stained-glass windows date from the 1954 repairs when they replaced clear-paned windows.
The weatherboarded 1-story church has a front pedimented gable and a prominent bell tower with a louvered bell area built on a weatherboard base; the tower is capped by a shingled spire with flared eaves. Topping the spire is a wooden cross. The main entrance is in a vestibule which projects from the front gable. The vestibule roof is also a gable with returns. An ornamental sawnwork is prominent above the pointed arch entry which consists of a double-leaf door and a stained-glass window above. Here also is found the National Register plaque. The windows as noted earlier were changed to stained glass with Gothic pointed arches. Cornerposts are understated with simple narrow pilasters with molded capitals.
The Garysburg United Methodist Church and Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places June 20, 1985 with identifying number 85001350. The descriptive nomination form is online at files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/NP0008.pdf
Additional information is found in the bicentennial volume Footprints in Northampton: 1741-1776-1976 issued by the Northampton County Bicentennial Committee in 1976.
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Garysburg United Methodist Church 5
[7 photos in this album] This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
Located in Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, the Garysburg United Methodist Church and Cemetery is in a quiet, attractive location, set back a distance from the street. The serenity is amplified by the shade trees to the rear and east side of the building. Church tradition dates the church from 1853, but the National Register plaque gives the construction date as 1849. The U. S. Geological Survey map (Weldon, NC, 1974) gives the name as Chapel Grove Church. It appears on Flickr's map with this name. Stylistically the rectangular structure is a Greek Revival temple form, built on 18th century patterns of New England churches. This form appears on numerous Christmas cards and has come to typify the house of worship at Christmas time.
The church in Garysburg replaced Moore’s Chapel (Moore's Meeting House) between Garysburg and the county seat of Jackson. Land for the building was given by Roderick B. Gary, a prominent Garysburg citizen who served 13 terms in the North Carolina General Assembly. His gift was unusual, for he was not a member of the congregation. "Footprints in Northampton" states the building in 1862 served as a hospital during the Civil War. In 1905 the church underwent many changes: slave galleries were removed and it's thought the steeple was added then. In addition, a coffered patterned was installed in the interior. More repairs were instituted in 1949 and also in 1954 after damage caused by Hurricane Hazel. The stained-glass windows date from the 1954 repairs when they replaced clear-paned windows.
The weatherboarded 1-story church has a front pedimented gable and a prominent bell tower with a louvered bell area built on a weatherboard base; the tower is capped by a shingled spire with flared eaves. Topping the spire is a wooden cross. The main entrance is in a vestibule which projects from the front gable. The vestibule roof is also a gable with returns. An ornamental sawnwork is prominent above the pointed arch entry which consists of a double-leaf door and a stained-glass window above. Here also is found the National Register plaque. The windows as noted earlier were changed to stained glass with Gothic pointed arches. Cornerposts are understated with simple narrow pilasters with molded capitals.
The Garysburg United Methodist Church and Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places June 20, 1985 with identifying number 85001350. The descriptive nomination form is online at files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/NP0008.pdf
Additional information is found in the bicentennial volume Footprints in Northampton: 1741-1776-1976 issued by the Northampton County Bicentennial Committee in 1976.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.