Bethesda Methodist Protestant Church is a historic Methodist Protestant

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located at Brinkleyville,

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. It was built in 1853, and is a one-story, vernacular

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-style heavy timber-frame building. It is sheathed in weatherboard. has a pedimented gable front, paired entrances, and rests on a

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ed stone pier foundation. Adjacent to the church is the contributing church

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. It was listed on the

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in 2012.

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Methodist churches in North Carolina 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival church buildings in North Carolina Churches completed in 1853 Churches in Halifax County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina 1853 establishments in North Carolina {{HalifaxCountyNC-NRHP-stub