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Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church

Coordinates: 35°46′3″N 77°7′42″W / 35.76750°N 77.12833°W / 35.76750; -77.12833
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Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church
Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church is located in North Carolina
Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church
Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church is located in the United States
Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church
LocationNW side NC 1001, 0.1 mi. N of jct with NC 1106, Bear Grass, North Carolina
Coordinates35°46′3″N 77°7′42″W / 35.76750°N 77.12833°W / 35.76750; -77.12833
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
Architectural styleFront-gable
NRHP reference No.05000352[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 2005

Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located on the north side NC 1001, 0.1 miles north of the junction with NC 1106 in Bear Grass, Martin County, North Carolina.[2] It was built in 1877, and is a front-gable, two-bay frame building. The building measures 42 feet, 2 3/4 inches, wide and 64 feet, 4 1/2 inches deep. It rests on a brick pier foundation and it is believed that parts of the earlier building are incorporated into the current edifice.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church (Bear Grass, N.C.), Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) on NC State University Libraries".
  3. ^ Penne Sandbeck (November 2004). "Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.