{"nrhp_refnum":"72000966","name":"Grace Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lake View Dr. and Weber St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Trenton","county":"Jones County","state":"NC","lat":35.062098685000024,"lon":-77.35357090499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Grace Episcopal Church is a small rectangular board-and-batten church at Lake View Drive and Weber Street in Trenton, Jones County, North Carolina, begun in 1885 on a one-acre site.","why_significant":"The nomination points to the church's architecture, noting its strict geometric massing combined with the verticality of board-and-batten walls and repeated scallop ornament. It also records the quick founding of the congregation in 1885 and the church's consecration in 1892. The building has changed little since construction.","narrative":"Grace Episcopal Church is a small board-and-batten building at Lake View Drive and Weber Street in Trenton, Jones County, North Carolina. It sits on a low brick foundation under a gable roof topped by a three-stage steeple with a shingled spire and wooden cross. Triangular-headed windows with diamond-paned stained glass, molded hoods, scalloped bargeboards and a corbel-table frieze give the exterior its distinctive character, while the interior is plain, with a center aisle and a sheathed coved ceiling. The congregation formed quickly in 1885. After services led by the Reverend Israel Harding in March of that year, a lot was deeded on May 18, 1885, and Bishop A. A. Watson laid the cornerstone within a week. The first service in the church was held that December, and it was consecrated on June 12, 1892, with about fifty members. Little altered apart from minor repairs in 1966, it is valued for its geometric massing and repeated scallop ornament.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1885","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied; minor repairs were made in 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.047768-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/7210/47721028/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000966.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000966/f8df8560b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000966/f8df8560b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Episcopal_Church-Trenton,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Episcopal_Church-Trenton,_NC.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001357","name":"Trenton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/trenton-historic-district-74001357/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721028","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Episcopal_Church_(Trenton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5591145"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jones-county/grace-episcopal-church-72000966/"}