Brassfield Baptist Church

Historic church in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Brassfield Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

36°6′54″N 78°34′30″W / 36.11500°N 78.57500°W / 36.11500; -78.57500
Area	4.8 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	1843 (1843)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Granville County MPS
NRHP reference No.	88001267^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 31, 1988

Brassfield Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located near Wilton, Granville County, North Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

History

Brassfield Baptist Church was constituted on August 23, 1823, by elders Zachariah Allen, James Weathers and William Worrel. The current historical building was constructed about 1843, and is a two-story, heavy timber frame, Greek Revival-style church building. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ -Marvin Brown and Patricia Esperon (December 1987). "Brassfield Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.