Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemeteries is a historic

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

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and

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located at 1333 Carthage Street in Sanford,

Lee County, North Carolina Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,285. The county seat is Sanford. It was established on March 6, 1907, from parts of Chatham and Moore counties, and named for G ...

. It was built in 1879, and is a two-story, gable-fronted,

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style frame building. The front facade features lancet-arched double-leaf entries, lancet-arched windows, and a three-stage projecting entry tower with a flared, pyramidal roof and finial. Associated with the church is the

manse A manse () is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and other Christian traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin ''mansus'', "dwelling", from '' ...

built in 1926. It is a two-story, hip-roofed frame dwelling with

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detailing. Also on the property are the original church cemetery, a cemetery for African-American congregants, the Matthews family plot, and the main cemetery. It is the oldest Presbyterian Church in Lee County, Sanford, North Carolina.History page on Church's website
/ref> This is an active congregation of the Presbyterian Church USA. It was listed on the

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in 1999.

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Church website
Cemeteries in North Carolina Presbyterian churches in North Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Gothic Revival church buildings in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Churches completed in 1879 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Buildings and structures in Lee County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-church-stub