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Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries

Coordinates: 35°33′7″N 80°51′17″W / 35.55194°N 80.85472°W / 35.55194; -80.85472
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Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries
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Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries is located in North Carolina
Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries
Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries is located in the United States
Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries
LocationSR 1245, near Mount Mourne, North Carolina
Coordinates35°33′7″N 80°51′17″W / 35.55194°N 80.85472°W / 35.55194; -80.85472
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built1776 (1776)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSIredell County MRA
NRHP reference No.80002863[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1980

Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries is a historic Presbyterian church, session house, and cemetery located near Mount Mourne, Iredell County, North Carolina (Mooresville, North Carolina). The original church building was constructed in 1765, but was destroyed by fire. The current church building and session house were constructed 1854. The church is a one-story, three bay by four bay, rectangular vernacular Greek Revival style brick church. The church's cemetery contains gravestones dating to the 18th century.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Centre Presbyterian Church history
  3. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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