Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery


Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ebenezer Academy, c. 1823

Location	U.S. 21, near Houstonville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°51′43″N 80°50′41″W / 35.86194°N 80.84472°W / 35.86194; -80.84472Coordinates: 35°51′43″N 80°50′41″W / 35.86194°N 80.84472°W / 35.86194; -80.84472
Area	6.3 acres (2.5 ha)
Built	1823 (1823), c. 1855
Architectural style	vernacular Greek Revival
MPS	Iredell County MRA
NRHP Reference #	80002857^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1980

Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic school building, Presbyterian church, and cemetery located near Houstonville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The log building was constructed in 1823 and housed Ebenezer Academy. The church building was built about 1855, and is a one-story, three bay by five bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame building with a low gable roof. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery with burials dating to about 1785.^[2]

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

Gallery

Bethany Presbyterian Church, c. 1855

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

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