First Presbyterian Church (Hickory, North Carolina) Explained

First Presbyterian Church
Location:2nd St. and 3rd Ave. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7353°N -81.3403°W
Built:1905-1906
Architect:Bowman Brothers; Et al.
Architecture:Romanesque, American Four Square
Added:March 15, 1985
Refnum:85000585

First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 2nd Street and 3rd Avenue NW in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1905–1906, and is a Romanesque Revival-style church sheathed in granite. The front facade features square towers of unequal height. Attached to the church in 1928, is a three-story granite block Education Building with a flat roof and crenelated cornice. Also on the property is the former manse; a two-story, American Foursquare dwelling with a low hipped roof, overhanging eaves, and hipped dormer.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laura A. W. Phillips and Jim Sumner. First Presbyterian Church. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1983. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.