Belgrade and St. David's Church explained

Belgrade and St. David's Church
Location:E of Creswell St., Creswell, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.8706°N -76.3831°W
Built:1797
Architecture:Georgian, vernacular
Added:January 26, 1978
Refnum:78001983

Belgrade and St. David's Church, also known as Pettigrew's Chapel, is a historic Episcopal church and home located at Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina. St. David's Church was built over a number of years. It is a cruciform, weatherboarded frame structure with a cross gable roof. It features a late-19th century two-part bell tower with a four-faced, pyramidal, bell-cast spire. Belgrade was built about 1797, and is a small one-story Georgian style frame dwelling with a steep gable roof. It was the home of the home of Charles "Parson" Pettigrew, first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: H. McKe1den Smith and Jim Sumner . Belgrade and St. David's Church . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d. . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.