Asbury Methodist Church (Raynham, North Carolina)


Asbury Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Asbury Methodist Church, December 2014
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Location	SE. side US Hwy. 301 N., .10 mi. SW. of NC 1154, Raynham, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°34′30″N 79°11′34″W / 34.57500°N 79.19278°W / 34.57500; -79.19278Coordinates: 34°34′30″N 79°11′34″W / 34.57500°N 79.19278°W / 34.57500; -79.19278
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1861 (1861)
Built by	David Townsend
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	09000264^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 30, 2009

Asbury Methodist Church, also known as Asbury Memorial Church and Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church South, is a historic Methodist church located at Raynham, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1861, and is a one-story, timber frame building in a modest Greek Revival style. It measures approximately 40 feet by 50 feet and features a prominent, projecting, pedimented front gable supported by five posts. Adjacent to the church is the contributing cemetery with approximately 200 marked graves. The oldest grave dates to 1848.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Beth Keane (September 2008). "Asbury Methodist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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