View, Walker Top Church, Burke County, North Carolina

Walker Top Church (Burke County, N.C.)

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Repository:: Preservation North Carolina
Collection:: Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
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Provenance note:: Joseph Alexander Walker, first owner.
Architectural note:: The simple log church typifies the mountain meetinghouse of this time period, of which few still stand in Burke County. The apse was added around 1850.
Historical note:: Walker owned most of the mountain and provided the building to serve as both a church and school for the local families.
Location:: Burke County (N.C.)
Subjects:: Church buildings
Historic buildings
Log buildings
Meeting houses (Religious buildings)
Mountains
School buildings