Christ Episcopal Church is a historic

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located at 412 Summit Avenue in Walnut Cove,

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. It was built in 1886–1887, and is a one-story,

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style board-and-batten frame building. It was moved to its present located in 1909. It features lancet-arched windows and a two-stage entrance tower and

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. An addition was built in 1943. It was added to the

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in 2005.

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