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Form 10-300 (He'l. 6-72)

UNITED 51 ATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR N/\TIOi'll;L PARK S1;F

o Good o Fair COt-lDITION

o Deteriorated [] Ruins o Unexposed (Check One) (Check One)

!]j Altered 0 UnaltlS-red Moyed Origirral Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Long Street Church is one of a small group of frame Classical Revi val Presbyterian ch.urch8s built by Scottish settlers i11 the Upper Cape Fear Rive]' Valley in the mid-nineteenth century. The building is set on a bluff in the pine barrens of Hoke County, and a cemetery surrounded by a Imv stone ~rall is located to the southeaste Long street, which for'merly ran between the church and cemetery, is now located behind the churcb, .

, , The church, a tl,vo'-story rectangular frame building fi VB bays wide ,Etr.:td

three deep, is set on fieldstone and concrete fOl:mdation piers and covered by a hip roof Beneath thE:l boxed eaVelS is cont-j!)uol1,S frieze board tvith a simple cornice on the side and recJJ':-' elevations. 'lllA main (northeast) facade is covered v.ri th horizontal flush :3h8 the eJJ3v".d~ions cdJl siding. The church is distinguishecl by· cHI UIlW3U8.1 ful1,·,he porch tvhich shelters a facade of equal1y w.1usual cOllJposi tio!J: Palladian windmv is centered j,n the f,J.Gade., be tHfJC1D the fiTS'[~ (l~ld SCi GorJcl stories;; wit]] door openings flank:iJ]g the !J'Tindov,j" Ln thtl fi.cst r:;to(y and windm.,j f-ype f13,nJ.cing it in the second story" The PaTI,cHJian TriTindn';! l,s oBed of a fift8en-o\Ter~ fifteen sash l,vindm\T suxmounted Cl cll)(\ flcu1kod t\~To,c'oV8r~thr8e sash windov>TS The center and side 1j1rindm'Ts are fJ anked by Doric pilasters and sllI'monnted by a bea,J.Y Gor'niceEach facad(~j 8nt:cance is a double 'door ~Ti th 311 irregulaTly d transom, :';-;,9 t \,n, thin i), .Ll.at,'p,anC)lec:i' Cl.Tchi-crave 'vlTi tIl plain corner blocks The double c:tre 1'e CCJyL replacements c In the second story of the i'aca,de are tlilO njnEJ~over"n:ine flD ;,jh 'WlncJovTS \"ri ttl archi" traves identical to the entrance an~;hi tJ:'aves 'The hip roof projects beyond the facade and :Ls supported at eaGh corner of c:d:,tenua'ted fluted Doric columns. steps c1.scend to, the cen.tel' porch ,? and Et railing 'Hi th plain, slender balusters and a heavy handrail c., the remainder of the porch.

The remaining elevations are illuminated at both levels by nine-over nine sash l>TindoHs identical to those of l,he 'upper facade In the rear of each side elevation is a door iHi tb t~To vertiG3J. flat parlels slll'mounted by a three-pane transomQ Each door has a thtlmb latch which appears to be original to the struc ttu~e Tb:3 se door s acel::) E3S to t.he gallery,

The interior of the chm:'ch) 2.rranged in protestant form Hi'th the pulpit located be-G1;v-een the entrances and with side galle!:'ies retains its original fabric All of the visible lumber utilized in the interior Tt

Form 10-3000 (July 1'769)

(Number ail entries)

7

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE li~nERIOR ~lA TIONAL PARK SERVICE

STATE

COUNTY

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shaathed stairwells and railings wi th slender h'-llusters and squaT8 c:hamfered newels Beneath each stair is a closet.

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o Pre-Columbian i o 16th Century o 151h Century o 17th Century

S~ECIFIC DA (If Applicable and Known)

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or Mora

Abor iginal 0 Ecluc 0 Landscape 0 Art Archit"'Jclure 0 Coml1l€:yee 0 li teroture 0 Communications 0 Militcry D Conservation 0 Music

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o 13th Ceniury [Xl 19th

Po!i:icol

Religion/Phi_

IOSOpn}1

SciGnce

Sculpture

Soci;] 1/1'lun'Wr,

itarion

Theoi c,'

l-rClfl;pot I(,l;on

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o 20th Century

o Ur:JOfl Plannin9 o Giher (Specify)

TJong stree t. Cb.urch is arch:l t.e c one of the Irlo.st dis tine ti va of the country Presbyteria.n chl..u'chE:l s in the ;:; Ciut.he3starn area of North Cll"olin8" which ~\Tas [38ttled JargeJy by Scottish ts, TbesA Ci'~U:CCh8 Greek Revival in are rEJ frame hO:KG l;h,th(,"ToodDl1 Clas Revival ornament, emph8.sizing the facadE) TJ'hu a:vTh1ifCU:-,d 0 ths slender portico and centra1 Palladian v,dnriO'(r'T and the 8z:-terior and j_nterioJ.:' integriLy of the struct.ure liJ81(8 the SbI'ee t Ghurl~:h an t of vernacu1aT' religious ax-chi tectnrG in antebellum North

Long Stre e t, ChlUnch, 011e of the three ploHtJ8r Pre the Upper Cape Fear River Valley, (iJeJS zod tn 1758 3 visit by the Heverend Hugh an influanticditinerant PCE,; ge1ist_ The Reverend He A,- Hclieo([, who lI\ITote tb church in 1923), stated that the present church brTlding i,s the tbird between 18L~5 and l8ll)~ The building TtJas car complete JC1S0 -

Research and architectural description by Ruth TJittle Stokes, survey specialiste

Cumberland County Records, Cumberland COlmty Courthouse, Faye,tteville, Carolina, Office of the Register of Deeds (Subgroups Deeds, vvills)

Cumberland County Records, Div-ision of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina (Subgroups DCJeds, Wills)

Hoke Cotm ty Re cords, Hoke County Courthouse, Raeford, North Carolina, Office of the' Register of Deeds (Subgroups Deeds, lATi11s)

Hoke County Records, Division of Archives and History> Raleigh, North

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As the des ignated State Liaison Officer f(,'i the :Na-

tional Hi'storie Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law

89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion

in the National Register and cF!rtify that has been

~vall1ated according to the c~i.teria and procedures set

forth by the N a tiona t ~;erVlce, The recommended level of significance of this nomination i.::;:

National State 0 Local [Xl

Dire c tor) Division of Archi ve s and His tor'y

4 Oc tober 1973

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acres 01< COUr-!TY BOUNDA.f-(i E5

eel tHy thi::> property is included in the

Direclo,>; riiGC':' of .lhcheology and His/oric Pref"-erv81ion

Date

Form 10·3000 (July 1969)

(Number' 811 entries)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE !j·HErnor=? NATIOr~AL PARK SERVICE

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North Carolina COlJi'JTY

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Oates, Jorm ~ story of Fayetteville Raleigh;, North Carolina Li tho Industries Incorporated, second edition, 1972

Office, AGofS G-3, Headquarters, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, of Fort Br:ag;g 1918 ~lJ6 7.

Waterman, Thomas T .. , and Johns t,on, Frances B North Carolina" Chapel Hill North Carolina Carolina Press, 1947

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