Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Explained

Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Location:Jct. of NC 1106 at NC 1516, near Farm Life, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7244°N -77.0378°W
Built:, c. 1897
Architecture:Front-gable
Added:April 20, 2005
Refnum:05000324

Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located near Farm Life, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1897, and is a front-gable, unadorned frame building. The building measures 44 feet, 4 inches, wide and 60 feet, 4 inches deep. Also on the property is the former Smithwick's Creek Baptismal House, built in 1892 and moved to site November 2003.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penne Sandbeck. Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 2004. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.