Houck's Chapel is a historic Methodist church located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1888, and is a small, rectangular frame church building. It is two bays wide and four deep and rests on a stone pier foundation. Atop the roof is a pyramidal roofed belfry. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery.[2]
Houck's Chapel | |
 Houck's Chapel, September 2012 | |
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| Location | 9th Ave. and 17th St. NW, Hickory, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°44′41″N 81°22′7″W / 35.74472°N 81.36861°W |
| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Built | 1888 |
| MPS | Hickory MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000587[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 15, 1985 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
Houck's Chapel has been restored by the Hickory Landmarks Society and is open for tours by appointment.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Laura A. W. Phillips and Jerry Cross (June 1983). "Houck's Chapel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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