St. Paul's Church and Cemetery (Newton, North Carolina)

St. Paul's Church and Cemetery
St. Paul's Church and Cemetery (Newton, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
St. Paul's Church and Cemetery (Newton, North Carolina)
St. Paul's Church and Cemetery (Newton, North Carolina) is located in the United States
St. Paul's Church and Cemetery (Newton, North Carolina)
LocationJunction of SR 1149 and SR 1164, near Newton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°40′35″N 81°14′38″W / 35.67639°N 81.24389°W / 35.67639; -81.24389
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1818
ArchitectCline, Henry
Architectural styleFederal style
MPSCatawba County MPS
NRHP reference No.71000573[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 09, 1971

St. Paul's Church and Cemetery also known as Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church or St. Paul's Lutheran Church is a church in Newton, North Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 as a Historic Place in Catawba County, North Carolina.[1]

St. Paul's Church, Newton is a two-story log weatherboarded church built in 1818. It features a Federal style interior with carved sounding board and moldings and a separate, now repurposed, slave balcony. The building is one of the oldest existing churches in North Carolina west of the Catawba River. The graveyard headstones date to the late 18th century. The St. Paul's Reformed Church at Startown formed from this congregation in 1904.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Hickory North Carolina Historic Sites and Museums". Historic Sites and Museums. NClakefront.com Realty. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  3. ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (September 1971). "St. Paul's Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.