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Jarvis Memorial Church -- Floor plan

Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church (Greenville, N.C.)
Herbert Woodley Simpson papers, 1888-1941 (NCAR1596)
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Item information

Title:
Jarvis Memorial Church -- Floor plan
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Auditoriums
Classrooms
Original Format:
Linen
Item identifier:
ncar1596-001-bx0001-006-001_0001
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

Repository:
State Archives of North Carolina
Collection:
Herbert Woodley Simpson papers, 1888-1941 (NCAR1596) held by State Archives of 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 the North Carolina State Archives.
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: Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church (Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Simpson, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodley), 1870-1945 
Built:
Street:
510 S. Washington Street
Community:
Greenville
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27858
Architectural note:
The church is built based on an auditorium plan and in the Romanesque Revivial style. Bold entrance towers accented by bartizans flank a broad gable with stained-glass windows. R. J. Cobb and C. V. York served as contractors.
Historical note:
Jarvis Memorial Methodist is the oldest surviving church in downtown Greenville.
Location:
Greenville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Church buildings
Historic buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.610844, -77.374796