{"nrhp_refnum":"77001013","name":"Chapel of the Good Shepherd","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Ridgeway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ridgeway","county":"Warren County","state":"NC","lat":36.43639241600005,"lon":-78.22242232599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Gothic Revival brick Episcopal chapel built in 1871 on the north side of SR 1107, east of Ridgeway, Warren County, North Carolina, beside a walled local cemetery.","why_significant":"The chapel was built during Reconstruction through the efforts and funding of Dr. William J. Hawkins and the Ridgeway Company, which hoped to turn Ridgeway into a new city. The company's plans failed, and the chapel survives as an isolated remnant of them. Its picturesque Gothic Revival design is also noted.","narrative":"Set among large trees beside a walled cemetery east of Ridgeway, this small brick chapel was built in 1871 for the village's Episcopalians. It is three bays wide and three deep, with a steep gable front, a red-painted wooden entrance tower with a concave pyramidal roof, and lancet openings under heavy brick hoods. Inside, a center-aisle plan, plastered walls and simple Gothic-style wooden furnishings mark the interior. Dr. William J. Hawkins gave the land in 1870 and paid for most of the construction, which cost $2,873.27 and left the congregation free of debt. The chapel grew from the Ridgeway Company's postwar effort to make Ridgeway a thriving city, a plan that never materialized. The congregation was most active from 1875 to 1900 under the Reverend William Pettigrew. It later dwindled, and a small group now maintains the building and holds monthly services.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied, still used as a church; a small group maintains it and holds services once a month.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.138869-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/7227/47722734/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/77001013.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001013/8d99c35d5f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001013/8d99c35d5f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Hrhiles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_of_the_Good_Shepard.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Hrhiles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_of_the_Good_Shepard.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722734","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_of_the_Good_Shepherd_(Ridgeway,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5073109"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/warren-county/chapel-of-the-good-shepherd-77001013/"}