Falcon Tabernacle

Infobox_nrhp | name =Falcon Tabernacle
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location= West Street, Falcon, North Carolina
lat_degrees = 35
lat_minutes = 11
lat_seconds = 37
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 78
long_minutes = 38
long_seconds = 52
long_direction = W
locmapin = North Carolina
area =
built =1898
architect= Julius A. Culbreth
architecture= Octagon Mode
added = October 11, 1983
governing_body = Private
refnum=83003814cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Falcon Tabernacle, also known as the Octagon Tabernacle and the Little Tabernacle, is an historic octagon-shaped Pentecostal Holiness church building in Falcon, North Carolina. Built in 1898, it was designed by Julius A. Culbreth (1871-1950) for prayer meetings and was built using wood from trees that had been uprooted by a tornado. Culbreth, who was the founder of Falcon, chose the octagon shape because it reminded him of the tents used in revival meetings. In 1900 the building became the home of the Falcon Pentecostal Holiness Church, of which Culbreth was a leader.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] [ [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH2Z Waymarking listing for Octagon Tabernacle, Falcon, North Carolina] ] [ [ [http://www.cumberlandcounty250.com/1905notables.html Cumberland County 250: Short biography of Julius A. Culbreth] ]

On January 30, 1911, the building was the site of the formal merger agreement between two Pentecostal denominations, the "Pentecostal Holiness Church of North Carolina" and the much larger Fire-Baptized Holiness Church. The new denomination was called the "Pentecostal Holiness Church" and is now the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. [ [http://arc.iphc.org/history/hismerge.html International Pentecostal Holiness Church: Brief History: Pentecost & Mergers] ] [ [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH2Z Waymarking listing for Octagon Tabernacle, Falcon, North Carolina] ]

In 1952 a new much larger church was built in front of the Little Tabernacle and the congregation's name was changed to the Culbreth Memorial Pentecostal Holiness Church. [ [http://www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/HistoricChurches/CulbrethPentecostal.htm Cumberland County Public Library page on Culbreth Memorial Pentecostal Holiness Church] ] In 1974 the Little Tabernacle was moved from its original location at 8443 Fayetteville Road to West Street, where it is now located. [ [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH2Z Waymarking listing for Octagon Tabernacle, Falcon, North Carolina] ] [ [http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=a1d6ecb5-e38c-488e-b38a-6c57758712ea Waymarking listing for Octagon Tabernacle: Picture and church and historic marker] ]

On October 11, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

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External links

* [http://culbrethmemorial.org/ Culbreth Memorial Pentecostal Holiness Church website]