Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | |
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| Location | SR 1973, near Cleveland, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°45′39″N 80°41′4″W / 35.76083°N 80.68444°WCoordinates: 35°45′39″N 80°41′4″W / 35.76083°N 80.68444°W |
| Area | 18.2 acres (7.4 ha) |
| Built | 1835 |
| Architect | Lyles, D.; Austin, H. |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 83001912[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 21, 1983 |
Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina. The congregation was founded in 1751 and the first meeting house was located in the center of what is now the cemetery. The current church building was constructed in 1835. It is a two-story, brick building. Also on the property is the Session House, a one-story gabled roof weatherboarded log building also dating from 1835. The earliest surviving gravestones in the cemetery date from 1776. One notable burial is James Graham Ramsay (1823-1903).[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ Davyd Foard Hood and Michael Hill (n.d.). "Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
