Center Arbor is a historic
Methodist tabernacle
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located at
Center
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,
Davie County, North Carolina
Davie County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,712. Its county seat is Mocksville.
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. It was built in 1876, and is a large, open, rectangular timber-framed structure four bays wide and
eight bays deep. It measures approximately 60 feet wide and 80 feet deep. The tabernacle is associated with Center United Methodist Church and was the site of
camp meeting
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revivals.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1991.
See also
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Balls Creek Campground
Balls Creek Campground is a historic Methodist camp meeting and national historic district located near Bandy's Crossroads, Catawba County, North Carolina.
The district encompasses 310 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. They inclu ...
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Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Ocean Grove is a unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.[Chapel Hill Church Tabernacle
Chapel Hill Church Tabernacle is a historic Methodist church tabernacle located near Denton, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1870 and enlarged in the 1920s. It is a one-story, heavy-timber, open-framework building, open on thre ...]
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Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground
The Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground is a historic Methodist camp meeting national historic district located near Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main ...
References
External links
Center Arbor - Center United Methodist Church
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Methodist churches in North Carolina
Churches completed in 1876
19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
Buildings and structures in Davie County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Davie County, North Carolina
Tabernacles (Methodist)
Methodism in North Carolina
United Methodist Church
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