Old Bluff Presbyterian Church

Old Bluff Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	Wade, North Carolina
Coordinates:	35°11′2″N 78°43′25″W / 35.18389°N 78.72361°W / 35.18389; -78.72361Coordinates: 35°11′2″N 78°43′25″W / 35.18389°N 78.72361°W / 35.18389; -78.72361
Area:	9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Built:	1855
Architectural style:	Greek Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	74001345[1]
Added to NRHP:	August 07, 1974

Old Bluff Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Wade, North Carolina.

The church congregation was founded in 1758. Later its pastor was the Rev. John McLeod, who came from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in 1770. He was accompanied by many families of Highland Scots.^[2] In 1858 the congregation dedicated a new church building constructed in the Greek Revival style.^[3]

The church is a plain, weatherboarded building with details that appear to be neoclassical moldings, including drill work suggesting triglyphs, dentils, and egg-and-dart, on the frieze and pediment.^[4]

Old Bluff Presbyterian Church was added to the National Register in 1974.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Bigelow, Francis Hill (1917). Historic Silver of the Colonies and Its Makers, p. 48. The Macmillan Company.
3. ^ Conser, Walter H. (2006). A Coat of Many Colors: Religion and Society Along the Cape Fear River of North Carolina, p. 116. The University Press of Kentucky.
4. ^ Bishir, Catherine W. (portable ed. 2005). North Carolina Architecture, pp. 226-27. The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.

External links

• Old Bluff Presbyterian Church History