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Webster Baptist Church (Webster, North Carolina)

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Built
  
1900 (1900)

Opened
  
1900

Phone
  
+1 828-586-4459

NRHP Reference #
  
89002137

Area
  
4,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
21 December 1989

Webster Baptist Church (Webster, North Carolina)

Location
  
NC 116 and SR 1340, near Webster, North Carolina

Built by
  
Cowan, Joseph Warrenton; Cowan, Lawrence D.

Architectural style
  
Late Victorian, Vernacular Victorian

Address
  
Nantahala National Forest, 1955 Webster Rd, Sylva, NC 28779, USA

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Profiles

Webster Baptist Church, is an historic Baptist church located at the intersection of NC 116 and SR 1340, near Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1900, and is a one-story, three bay, rectangular Vernacular Victorian style church. It has a steep gable roof, engaged three stage bell tower, and tall round-headed windows. The church retains its original furniture built and donated by local master cabinetmaker Joseph Warrenton Cowan (1834-1917) and his son, Lawrence Cowan.

In 1989 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Current use

The building is the landmark building of the town of Webster, North Carolina, and still serves as a church. It was added to and renovated in 1953 and 1998. It sits across the Tuckasegee River from the hill on which the downtown area of Webster was once located, and was originally built in 1900. The building is not actually within the city limits of Webster. It was built when Webster was a thriving town with a Courthouse, many businesses, homes, and people. Today Webster is a quiet residential area with two churches, a cemetery, older Victorian homes, 1920s-1950s homes, newer homes, and an old rock WPA Schoolhouse.

References

Webster Baptist Church (Webster, North Carolina) Wikipedia