{"nrhp_refnum":"82001302","name":"Ashpole Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Rowland of SR 1138","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rowland","county":"Robeson County","state":"NC","lat":34.55005287000006,"lon":-79.31005485599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Greek Revival wooden frame church built in 1860 in rural farmland about three miles west of Rowland, Robeson County, North Carolina, with an associated manse, barn, well house and cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it among the finest Greek Revival Presbyterian churches built by the Scots Presbyterians who dominated Southeastern North Carolina. Its simple pedimented frame design reflects a regional, carpenter-built version of the style. The congregation, organized in 1796, is the parent church of a number of others in the region and a focus of community history.","narrative":"Ashpole Presbyterian Church is a large wooden frame church in the Greek Revival style, standing in farmland about three miles west of Rowland, North Carolina. Begun in 1860 and used for worship during the Civil War, it was finished shortly after the war. An octagonal belfry with a concave cap roof rises behind the south gable, and the facade carries a pediment with a round sunburst window. Inside, balconies on three sides rest on slender Doric columns, and the pulpit follows classical Greek Revival design. An east-side door to the gallery is said to have been used by enslaved worshippers. The congregation was organized in 1796 and grew out of earlier local churches. It later helped found a number of other Presbyterian churches in North and South Carolina. The nominated property also includes a one-and-a-half story manse, a barn, a well house and the church cemetery. The church was recognized as a fine, well-preserved example of regional Greek Revival design and as a center of Scots Presbyterian life.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in excellent condition, in religious use; altered in 1929 when the two front doors were replaced by a central door, and the vestibule was restored in 1961.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.344491-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7219/47721956/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82001302.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001302/af7857c821-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001302/af7857c821-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashpole_Presbyterian_(Rowland_NC)_from_SE_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashpole_Presbyterian_(Rowland_NC)_from_SE_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721956","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashpole_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707868"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/robeson-county/ashpole-presbyterian-church-82001302/"}