First Presbyterian Church, also known as the Church of Christ, Scientist, is a historic

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located at 111 W. Ash Street in Goldsboro,

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. It was built in 1856, and is a one-story, stuccoed, temple form Greek Revival architecture style church. It features an ''in antis'' portico with

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columns and low pitched roof with a painted wooden

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. In 1953, the building was sold to the Christian Science Society. It was listed on the

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in 1979.

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External links

Official website
Former Presbyterian churches in the United States Christian Science churches in North Carolina Presbyterian churches in North Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival church buildings in North Carolina Churches completed in 1856 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Wayne County, North Carolina Goldsboro, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-church-stub