{"nrhp_refnum":"82003447","name":"St. Joseph's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ramsey and Moore Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.05603337100007,"lon":-78.87773604799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of shingled Queen Anne style buildings (church, parish house and parsonage) linked by wooden arcades at the northwest corner of Ramsey and Moore Streets in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The church was built in 1896 and the parish house and parsonage were rebuilt after a 1916 fire.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be a rare, unified example of American Queen Anne architecture designed to evoke a small country village. It also represents the founding of black congregations after the Civil War, as St. Joseph's was chartered in 1873 and has served as a religious, educational and community center.","narrative":"St. Joseph's Episcopal Church is a cluster of shingled buildings on the northwest corner of Ramsey and Moore Streets in Fayetteville. The church, parish house and parsonage are joined by wooden arcades, giving the group the look of a small English country village. The church dates to 1896. A fire in 1916 destroyed everything except the church, and the parish house and parsonage were rebuilt on a larger scale that matched the original style. Inside, five Tiffany Resurrection windows surround the altar, and an 1857 organ by Henry Erben of New York is still in service. The parish was chartered in 1873 as the second oldest Episcopal congregation in Fayetteville and has served a black congregation as a place of worship, education and community life. In the 1960s it hosted local NAACP meetings. The complex was recognized for its unified Queen Anne design and its role in the history of black congregations after the Civil War.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific dates 1896, 1916)","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (shingled), with English Gothic and Spanish accents","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; used as a religious property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.773242-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/7198/47719816/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003447.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003447/0addb40f42-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003447/0addb40f42-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Gerry Dincher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Joseph%27s_Episcopal_Church.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:St._Joseph%27s_Episcopal_Church.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/47719816","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Fayetteville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589170"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/st-josephs-episcopal-church-82003447/"}