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Asbury Methodist Church (Raynham, North Carolina)

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Built
  
1861 (1861)

NRHP Reference #
  
09000264

Area
  
1 ha

Built by
  
David Townsend

Opened
  
1861

Added to NRHP
  
30 April 2009

Asbury Methodist Church (Raynham, North Carolina)

Location
  
SE. side US Hwy. 301 N., .10 mi. SW. of NC 1154, Raynham, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Asbury Methodist Church, also known as Asbury Memorial Church and Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church South, is a historic Methodist church located at Raynham, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1861, and is a one-story, timber frame building in a modest Greek Revival style. It measures approximately 40 feet by 50 feet and features a prominent, projecting, pedimented front gable supported by five posts. Adjacent to the church is the contributing cemetery with approximately 200 marked graves. The oldest grave dates to 1848.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

References

Asbury Methodist Church (Raynham, North Carolina) Wikipedia