First Presbyterian Church is a historic

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located at Ann and Bow Streets in

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. It was built in 1832, incorporating parts of the brick walls of an earlier (1816) church that burned in 1831. It is a two-story gabled brick building, five bays wide and five wider bays deep. Its brickwork is laid in

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. The chancel,

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

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and most of the interior woodwork are later additions and replacements. The hexastyle portico and steeple were designed by Hobart Upjohn in 1922. It was listed on the

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in 1976.

References

External links

church website
* Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina Churches in Fayetteville, North Carolina Presbyterian churches in North Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Churches completed in 1816 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, North Carolina 1816 establishments in North Carolina Brick churches Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-Presbyterian-church-stub