Houck's Chapel

Houck's Chapel
Houck's Chapel, September 2012
Location9th Ave. and 17th St. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′41″N 81°22′7″W / 35.74472°N 81.36861°W / 35.74472; -81.36861
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
MPSHickory MRA
NRHP reference No.85000587[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 1985

Houck's Chapel is a historic Methodist church located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1888, and is a small, rectangular frame church building. It is two bays wide and four deep and rests on a stone pier foundation. Atop the roof is a pyramidal roofed belfry. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Houck's Chapel has been restored by the Hickory Landmarks Society and is open for tours by appointment.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips and Jerry Cross (June 1983). "Houck's Chapel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.