First Presbyterian Church (Hickory, North Carolina)

First Presbyterian Church
Location 2nd St. and 3rd Ave. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′7″N 81°20′25″W / 35.73528°N 81.34028°W / 35.73528; -81.34028Coordinates: 35°44′7″N 81°20′25″W / 35.73528°N 81.34028°W / 35.73528; -81.34028
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1905-1906
Architect Bowman Brothers; Et al.
Architectural style Romanesque, American Four Square
MPS Hickory MRA
NRHP Reference # 85000585[1]
Added to NRHP March 15, 1985

First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 2nd Street and 3rd Avenue NW in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1905–1906, and is a Romanesque Revival-style church sheathed in granite. The front facade features square towers of unequal height. Attached to the church in 1928, is a three-story granite block Education Building with a flat roof and crenelated cornice. Also on the property is the former manse; a two-story, American Foursquare dwelling with a low hipped roof, overhanging eaves, and hipped dormer.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Laura A. W. Phillips and Jim Sumner (June 1983). "First Presbyterian Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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