First Presbyterian Church | |
Location: | 471 Main St., Highlands, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 35.0517°N -83.1967°W |
Built: | 1885 |
Architect: | Wright, Marion; Parker, Thomas F. |
Architecture: | Italianate |
Added: | August 22, 1996 |
Refnum: | 96000925 |
The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 471 Main Street in Highlands, North Carolina. The single story wood-frame church was built in 1883–85, and occupies a prominent site in downtown Highlands, surrounded by a period picket fence. It is the oldest church in the city, and was built by Marion Wright, a local master builder. It is stylistically a vernacular interpretation of Italianate architecture, which is most prominent in its belfry tower, which features a flared roof with extended bracketed eaves.[1]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.