Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground

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LocationOff SR 1904, near Statesville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°54′37″N 80°55′12″W / 35.91028°N 80.92000°W / 35.91028; -80.92000
Area11.8 acres (4.8 ha)
Built1884 (1884)-1885
Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground
Front of the church building, April 2022
Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground is located in North Carolina
Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground
Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground is located in the United States
Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground
LocationOff SR 1904, near Statesville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°54′37″N 80°55′12″W / 35.91028°N 80.92000°W / 35.91028; -80.92000
Area11.8 acres (4.8 ha)
Built1884 (1884)-1885
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Greek Revival
MPSIredell County MRA
NRHP reference No.80002854[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1980

Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground is a historic Methodist church building and cemetery located about 10 miles north of Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The church was established in 1801. The existing church building was built in 1884–1885, and is a one-story, one bay by four bay, rectangular frame church in the late Greek Revival style. It has a steep gable roof and vestibule added in the mid-20th century. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery, which dates from 1780.[2] Graves in the cemetery include that of William Sharpe.[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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