Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal

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located at 416 Washington Avenue in Weldon,

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. It was built between 1872 and 1889, and is a rectangular

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-style

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ed brick building. It has a steep gable roof, three-stage

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, two-stage buttress with capped pinnacle, and lancet windows. It was listed on the

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in 1991.

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