Webster Baptist Church | |
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| Location | NC 116 and SR 1340, near Webster, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°20′23″N 83°13′35″W / 35.33972°N 83.22639°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Built by | Cowan, Joseph Warrenton; Cowan, Lawrence D. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Vernacular Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 89002137[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 21, 1989 |
Webster Baptist Church, is an historic Southern Baptist church located at the intersection of NC 116 and SR 1340, near Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1900, and is a one-story, three-bay, rectangular Vernacular Victorian style church. It has a steep gable roof, engaged three stage bell tower, and tall round-headed windows. The church retains its original furniture built and donated by local master cabinetmaker Joseph Warrenton Cowan (1834-1917) and his son, Lawrence Cowan.[2]
In 1989 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1][3]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Carolyn A. Humphries (December 1988). "Webster Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ The History of Jackson County Sesquicentennial Edition