{"nrhp_refnum":"76001317","name":"First Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ann and Bow Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.053512116000036,"lon":-78.87533453999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story gabled brick church at the northeast corner of Ann and Bow streets in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, built in 1832 within the burned walls of an 1816 church.","why_significant":"It houses the oldest organized congregation in Fayetteville, a Scottish settlement. Its roof contains the only known surviving wooden truss in North Carolina of the type patented by Ithiel Town in 1820, designed for this church by A. J. Davis. The truss survives in excellent condition despite later alterations.","narrative":"Overlooking Cross Creek from a knoll in downtown Fayetteville, this brick church was rebuilt in 1832 inside the scorched walls of an 1816 building lost in the Great Fire of 1831. It serves the city's oldest organized congregation, founded in 1800 in a largely Highland Scots settlement. The nomination highlights its roof: a lattice truss that A. J. Davis, of the firm Town and Davis, designed for the church after Ithiel Town's 1820 patent. It is the only known surviving example of this truss type in North Carolina. Davis's drawings were furnished free, likely through New York banker and Fayetteville native Robert Donaldson. The building is five bays wide, laid in Flemish bond, with round-headed entrances and fanlights. Hobart Upjohn added the Tuscan portico and four-stage steeple in 1922. The interior was remodeled and a chancel added in 1960, but the galleries and the roof trusses remain original. The church is regarded as one of Fayetteville's most cherished landmarks.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"A. J. Davis (truss system); Hobart Upjohn (1922 portico and steeple); contractors Wright and Wooster (1832)","architectural_style":"Federal and Neo-Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, and in religious use; altered by the 1922 portico and steeple and the 1960 interior remodeling and chancel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.501362-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/7198/47719848/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001317.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001317/4b370134b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001317/4b370134b1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Gerry Dincher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_of_Fayetteville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerry Dincher</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_of_Fayetteville.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000779","name":"Fayetteville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/fayetteville-downtown-historic-district-99000779/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719848","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_(Fayetteville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453569"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/first-presbyterian-church-76001317/"}