Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church | |
| Location | Jct. of NC 1106 at NC 1516, near Farm Life, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°43′28″N 77°2′16″W / 35.72444°N 77.03778°W |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1892, c. 1897 |
| Architectural style | Front-gable |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000324[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 20, 2005 |
Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located near Farm Life, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1897, and is a front-gable, unadorned frame building. The building measures 44 feet, 4 inches, wide and 60 feet, 4 inches deep. The interior was historically divided by gender, with men and women sitting separately until approximately the mid-20th century. [2]Also on the property is the former Smithwick's Creek Baptismal House, built in 1892 and moved to site November 2003.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). North Carolina Website. March 4, 2005.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Penne Sandbeck (November 2004). "Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.