Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church

Historic church in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

35°46′3″N 77°7′42″W / 35.76750°N 77.12833°W / 35.76750; -77.12833
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1877 (1877)
Architectural style	Front-gable
NRHP reference No.	05000352^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 28, 2005

Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located on the north side NC 1001, 0.1 miles north of the junction with NC 1106 in Bear Grass, Martin County, North Carolina.^[2] It was built in 1877, and is a front-gable, two-bay frame building. The building measures 42 feet, 2 3/4 inches, wide and 64 feet, 4 1/2 inches deep. It rests on a brick pier foundation and it is believed that parts of the earlier building are incorporated into the current edifice.^[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.
^ "Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church (Bear Grass, N.C.), Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) on NC State University Libraries".
^ Penne Sandbeck (November 2004). "Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.