{"nrhp_refnum":"80002854","name":"Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off SR 1904","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harmony","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.91050447550003,"lon":-80.9197246117346,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Methodist church built in 1884-1885 and an adjoining cemetery established in 1780, on the south side of SR 1904 near Harmony in Iredell County, North Carolina.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the congregation, organized in 1801, to the Great Revival that swept Iredell County, and calls the church a well-preserved late Greek Revival country church. The burying ground has carved gravestones and wrought-iron gates that the form ranks among the finest in the county.","narrative":"Snow Creek Methodist Church and its burying ground sit near the top of a hill south of SR 1904 in northern Iredell County. The present frame church, completed in 1885, is a simple late Greek Revival building with a steep gable roof, wide eave returns and large 9/9 sash windows. A mid-twentieth century vestibule and an education building were added later, while the interior remains largely unaltered. The cemetery dates to 1780 and holds twenty-two Revolutionary War soldiers, as well as gravestones carved by local artisans and wrought-iron gates of notable design. A Methodist society was organized in the area in 1801, and a meeting house was built on land deeded in 1806. It became the most prominent Methodist church in the county before the Civil War, serving black and white members and hosting the main camp meeting in north Iredell. The congregation still worships there.","period_of_significance":"1885","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in active use by a small congregation; church and cemetery are described as well maintained and in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.815044-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7180/47718086/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002854.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002854/f0fde14d7d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002854/f0fde14d7d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow_Creek_UMC_-_entrance_to_original_building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</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:Snow_Creek_UMC_-_entrance_to_original_building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718086","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Creek_Methodist_Church_and_Burying_Ground","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7548212"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/snow-creek-methodist-church-and-burying-ground-80002854/"}