{"nrhp_refnum":"82002451","name":"Lincolnton Presbyterian Church and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lincolnton","county":"Lincoln County","state":"GA","lat":33.79027754100008,"lon":-82.48029538999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story wooden church with an adjoining cemetery on North Washington Street in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia, said to have been built about 1823 on land donated by Colonel Peter Lamar.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant in Georgia's religious history as a union church, a building shared by separately incorporated congregations. Presbyterians, Methodists and Baptists all met here, the Methodists until 1915. Union churches are scarce, and this one remained in use in a major town into the 20th century.","narrative":"Lincolnton Presbyterian Church is a one-story weatherboard building with a gable roof and a square, box-like steeple, set beside a cemetery on North Washington Street in Lincolnton, Georgia. It is said to have been built in 1823 on about three acres given by Colonel Peter Lamar for a school, house of worship or other public use. The church served as a union church, meeting house to Presbyterians, Methodists and Baptists. The Baptists, incorporated in 1825, met there until 1876, and the Methodists until 1915, after which the Presbyterians used it alone. A foyer was created in the early 1900s by partitioning the sanctuary, and the windows were shortened when decorative glass was added. The cemetery, with an earliest marked grave from 1834, later became the unofficial town cemetery. The property was recognized at the state level for its role in religious history, because union churches were scarce and this one remained in use into the 20th century.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1823)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a church; condition marked good and altered, on its original site. The cemetery serves as the unofficial town cemetery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.301202-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002451/b4cf524b6e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002451/b4cf524b6e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincolnton_Presbyterian_Church_%26_Cemetery.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Lincolnton_Presbyterian_Church_%26_Cemetery.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93000932","name":"Lincolnton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/lincolnton-historic-district-93000932/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208809","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnton_Presbyterian_Church_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14686698"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lincoln-county/lincolnton-presbyterian-church-and-cemetery-82002451/"}