Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Location NC 2439 .3 miles N of jct. with NC 2426, near Huntersville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°26′22″N 80°48′10″W / 35.43944°N 80.80278°W / 35.43944; -80.80278Coordinates: 35°26′22″N 80°48′10″W / 35.43944°N 80.80278°W / 35.43944; -80.80278
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1801 (1801), 1881
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate, Vernacular Gk. Revival/Ital.
MPS Rural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP Reference # 91000081[1]
Added to NRHP February 21, 1991

Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The church was built in 1881, and is a rectangular, gable-front vernacular Greek Revival / Italianate style frame building. It is three bays wide and has segmental-arched, double-hung sash windows and a tall rectangular and segmental-arched louvered vent. Also on the property is a one-story, log Fellowship Building built in 1935. The cemetery contains approximately 500 burials, with the oldest dating to about 1800.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Richard Mattson and William Huffman (July 1990). "Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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