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Property Name	Salem Methodist Church
Reference Number	13000247
State	North Carolina
County	Macon
Town	Franklin
Street Address	1201 River Road, Franklin, NC
Multiple Property Submission Name	Macon County MPS
Status	Listed 05/08/2013
Link to full file	http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000247.pdf

Constructed in 1875, the Salem Methodist Church is the third Methodist church erected on this site since 1830 and the second oldest extant church building in Macon County. It is also the oldest extant example of a Gothic Revival style church in Macon County. Salem Methodist Church meets Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places as an intact local vernacular example of a Gothic Revival-style church from the last quarter of the nineteenth century as seen in the area around Cullasaja and in Macon County. The church also meets Criteria Consideration A as a property historically owned by a religious entity whose primary significance is in the area of architecture.

 

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