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x MULTIPLE RESOURCE OR THEMATIC NOMiNATION
HISTORIC
thodist Church
STREU NUMBER 1904 0 3 mile W of t SR 1905
CITY, TOWN
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NAME Snow Creek Methodist Church
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North Carolina 77
STATE
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The SnOH ,
about The and t and woodlands to the and Snov]
River th
church face southward toward the woods beh church
The present church build was erected in 1884-1885 and is a Greek Revival tyle The frame 1 lJ, eaves wide eave turns frieze board under B
of the church are large ash with wood-louvered shutters small ree apse projects from the re building Or the church had no from the front gable-end facade instead had two double-leaf dOOTS with four-l transoms above. Its or inal form imilar in de to Be ian Church and was gene of the same type Centre Pre rian Church end of vlhich i to say it exhibited the same bas late Greek Revival form ieal of many Pi(~dmont churche built dur the mid to late nineteenth cen (See seet of nomination for Bethany Pre r Church Centre Pre ian Church.) Dur the mid-twentieth cen-tury a ve tibule, which ated the de of the main body of the church with Ie roof boxed eave with turns, frieze board and t 1 narrow louvered was added to the front of the church with a small ent with three clu tered at each corner. The on low ldstone foundation
The interior a SnOvl Creek Hethodist Church walls and ceil give a ather auste the broad gmental arch supported by lis type ornament, which lead to a shallow are t 11 t now connec the
Connec frame
of the th
unaltered The flu athed Some decorative relief is by
and a carved fleur-de-ar inal double-leaf front entrance
1dded t
J one-story des of
Behind the church is the Snow Creek Ground 1 tomb-stones date from post 1800 Some are delightful examples of the s of loca artis the stone of Fe te (1810) which shows a las ieal
on a tomb with urn, rather crude done and s by J Hall and the stone of Mary s husband, . William Feimster (1842) which pictures an old man seated in an armchair also rather crude executed but this time (See section of nomination on William Feimster House )
Surround the cemetery a dry-laid field tone wall with flat top about three t
Apparently the wall was rebuilt, for a te ma~ker near the south Enlarged and Wall Rebuilt 19 by Field & Stre Garden CluV ' and a next to the says rue ted by Al and Erne t 'B f Jurney a contribution to Snow Creek Ceme the post into which this gate the carved vlOrds "VELYN of t
The we t wall of the is composed of vert po t of wh similar to the main
nomination) and both of the
has which terminate in
tOvla rd thE! ceme (see
are mOl.:',:; deeorat than
11 mtd n
flame or we t
Church i
etion of
South Iredell
NATIONAL
PERIOD Of
_PREHISTORIC _AHCHEULUGY-PREHISTOHIC _COMMUNI r{ ,t\,RCHITECTURE
_J;;'C;RICU LTU RE
ENGINHRING
_EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PHILOSOPHY
GNIFICANCE
_I~~OUSI RY
_INVENTION
Snow Creek thodi t Church a weI The congre 1) llovlever
one of the t
among
CRITERIA ASSESSMENT
_POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
BUI LDERI ARCH !TEeT
tone and
built in
A. Snow Creek Methodist Church is associated with the t 0 the Great in reI ion whi
the practical manifestashortly after the turn
C
of the nineteenth
The pre t Snow Creek thodist Church characteristics of late Greek Revival s
built in 1884-1885 embodies the
Piedmont country churches during the middle 1 ious architecture
second hal of the Snow Creek Ground saes both the ive de
and issns in Iredell.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
for the Hethodist and
buried the Iud
I was no until a Method cong
young itinerant in the Snow Creek te these societie of about fi
Under the ordained Presbyte i communi
church for King' Methodist Epis CreE,k
quarter
who had moved Bruce had
land House soon became
an Creek
fullGround
Snow
Wh i Ie Snm.; Cree k t-las no t the f t Be thod t church in Iredell during t~e ivil War period
as well as white. By the end of this pe trongest in Iredell with the ~ ge t
meeting ite in north Iredell
The pre ent frame church informed its readers that the Snow Creek a frame build 38 50 t not to occupy the graveyard. II ~7ork had commenced the 1885 ti t The Landmark noted "the new h fi t
The burying ground received the these effort the club 'limn "educational and tivitie use th a small congre
Evans r, American Revolution
"Great Room
in Iredell." itten Iredell County Pub ic Library,
ACREAGE OF NOMINATED
UTM
All of Tract 13
The prope r be cons the cemetery and the surround environment of the Snow Creek
of the
to number thodi denomination had grown to be the
SnOvl Creek 1 f became main
23, it resolved "to build
t ite of the is church but nearer but it not unt I t 28
at Snow Creek--a itable build it week before last.
Garden Clubl~n 1954 and for conte t In 7 an
till in actio
Statesville Iredell County
in Homer Keever files Ie, N.C
James Iredell
)
as outlined in red on map
ty vJh the
s protection for the h tor
FHR·-8- 300A (11/78)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE
11 County
Snow Creek Hethodist Church and Ground
CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 9 PAGE
(Cont'd)
Iredell County Deed Books Office of the ter of Deeds Iredell County Courthouse Statesville. Microfilm copies at the State Archives Division of Archives and His Rale
Keever, Homer H. Revolution B
State 76
Iredell County An~rican
"William Sharpe File It Research Branch Archaeology and Histor Division of Archives and History Rale
Preservation Section,
The Landmark
1 Homer
and Landmark.
tatesville.
FOOTNOTES
Revolution Bieen lIe Iredell County American
hereinafte cited as Keever, Iredell
2 "Great Iredell Room, (compiler) B
in Iredell " Iredell County Public
ten manuscript in Homer Keever files James Statesville N.C; Virg Fraser Evans
(Statesville Iredell County American Revolution
(1742-1818) was one of He rved in the
at Snow Creek. "William
stern North Carolina's most outstanding leg lature and in Cont ss
File " Research Branch Archaeology and Histor Preservation 1011 Division of Archives and His Raleigh N.C
4 Keever
id 189-190 dated July 8 1805
6K eever,
7 Ibid. 188 190
189.
deed c tat ment proposed meet house Iredell County Deed Book F p 86.
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Landmark 10-12 195
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III El\JVIR()r~Jvil~T Vj ARCHITECTUt~ CHECKLIST Urban A Style D Dates Small Town Georgian Pre 1800
J. Eural Federal 1800-1825 : OCCUPANCY 7' Gk Rev 1822-1865
j, Ovmer Ital Rev 1865-1885 Tenant Goth Rev 1885-1915 Vacant FHA INoHo Log 1915-1929 Deserted Post 1929 It,Tork in frogress Triple-A E Height
~j r,OhDITION Flain 19th 1 story Excellent 2nd EmR 1-5 story
I~ Good (rueen A 2 story Fair Neo CIR 2~ story Leteriorated . Geo/Col Ii. 3 or more Huin Hisc Vic F vJidth UnexT osed 1-2 bay
\ii!k~1 YUTURE B Alt: Ext 3 bay X Stable None-minor 4-5 bay
Uncertain Moderate Over 5 IJncangered Lrastic Irreg
I:\,~ -L I(~T jUvCE FHOI-i LTC C Alt: Int G ArJdns 0-101 110-25 1125+
--r~one-minor None
~ffi~J LIST1~hC1 FHOl: EUe l:oderate Oriz/earlY r2=~21l35-20 I 150-+ Drastic Late
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L Ghimn Mat Later I Plan Stone Extensive
One room Stone /Bk Two room Bk Com Q Site Hall-Farl 13k Flem Orie: Cuaker Other Moved