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View, New Chapel Baptist Church, Plymouth, North Carolina

New Chapel Baptist Church (Plymouth, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
View, New Chapel Baptist Church, Plymouth, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Church buildings
Gothic revival (Architecture)
Original Format:
Color slide
Item identifier:
buch0605
Photographer:
Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Plymouth (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage

Source information

Repository:
Preservation North Carolina
Collection:
Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
RightsStatements.org:
In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0
Funding:
Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Building: New Chapel Baptist Church (Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Copeland, S. C. 
Built:
Community:
Plymouth
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Congregation of freedmen established by 1867, first owner.
Architectural note:
Architect Copeland was also the pastor of the church, and is said to have fashioned the church on the biblical description of Solomon's temple. The cruciform church features a portico with columns set in antis.
Location:
Plymouth (N.C.)
Subjects:
Church buildings
Historic buildings