Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Location NC 2439 .3 miles N of jct. with NC 2426, near Huntersville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°26′22″N 80°48′10″W / 35.43944°N 80.80278°W / 35.43944; -80.80278Coordinates: 35°26′22″N 80°48′10″W / 35.43944°N 80.80278°W / 35.43944; -80.80278
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1801 (1801), 1881
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate, Vernacular Gk. Revival/Ital.
MPS Rural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP Reference # 91000081[1]
Added to NRHP February 21, 1991

Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The church was built in 1881, and is a rectangular, gable-front vernacular Greek Revival / Italianate style frame building. It is three bays wide and has segmental-arched, double-hung sash windows and a tall rectangular and segmental-arched louvered vent. Also on the property is a one-story, log Fellowship Building built in 1935. The cemetery contains approximately 500 burials, with the oldest dating to about 1800.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Richard Mattson and William Huffman (July 1990). "Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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