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
Coordinates 35°43′28″N 77°2′16″W / 35.72444°N 77.03778°W / 35.72444; -77.03778Coordinates: 35°43′28″N 77°2′16″W / 35.72444°N 77.03778°W / 35.72444; -77.03778
Area 3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built 1892 (1892), c. 1897
Architectural style Front-gable
NRHP Reference # 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. Also on the property is the former Smithwick's Creek Baptismal House, built in 1892 and moved to site November 2003.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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.


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