St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Bath, North Carolina) Explained

St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Location:	Craven St., Bath, North Carolina
Coordinates:	35.4739°N -76.8139°W
Built:	1734
Added:	November 20, 1970
Refnum:	70000440

St. Thomas Episcopal Church is a historic church on Craven Street in Bath, North Carolina. The church building was constructed in 1734 and is the oldest surviving church building in North Carolina.^{[1] [2]}

St. Thomas Parish was established soon after the founding of Bath County, North Carolina in 1696 with the original church parishioners meeting in homes. Around 1700 Rev. Thomas Bray, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in England, mailed books to St Thomas Parish, founding the first public library in the colony.^[1]

The church building was constructed in 1734. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in North Carolina
• List of the oldest churches in the United States

External links

• St. Thomas Church Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. Thomas Episcopal Church | Bath, NC. www.stthomasparishnc.org.
2. Web site: J. G. Zehmer and John B. Wells. St. Thomas Episcopal Church . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1970. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.