Jersey Settlement Meeting House

Jersey Settlement Meeting House
Location N side SR 1272 0.2 mi. E of jct. with SR 1104, near Linwood, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°43′55″N 80°18′42″W / 35.73194°N 80.31167°W / 35.73194; -80.31167Coordinates: 35°43′55″N 80°18′42″W / 35.73194°N 80.31167°W / 35.73194; -80.31167
Area 6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built 1842
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Davidson County MRA
NRHP reference # 84002032[1]
Added to NRHP July 10, 1984

Jersey Settlement Meeting House, also known as Jersey Baptist Church, is a historic church and meeting house located near Linwood, Davidson County, North Carolina. The Baptist congregation was founded around 1755 by settlers from New Jersey. The current Greek Revival church meeting house was built in 1842 near the Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery. It is a rectangular gable-front brick building, four bays long and two bays wide. A belfry was added in 1897-1899 and a portico in 1945.[2]

The meeting house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Ruth Little (February 1983). "Jersey Settlement Meeting House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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