{"nrhp_refnum":"84001919","name":"First Christian Church of Burlington","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"415 S. Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burlington","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.09485211700007,"lon":-79.43951548799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Neoclassical Revival church at 415 South Church Street in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, completed in 1920 on a corner lot at the northwest edge of the Central Business District. Contractor David Fitch built it to an Akron-type plan.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Burlington's two outstanding Neoclassical Revival churches and an example of the unusual Akron church type, with a domed sanctuary in a centralized plan and two temple-front facades. It also reflects the city's early twentieth-century prosperity and a congregation that grew out of Union Church.","narrative":"First Christian Church of Burlington occupies a corner lot at the northwest edge of the city's Central Business District. Completed in 1920 and built by local contractor David Fitch at a cost of $100,000, it follows the Akron plan: a centralized, domed sanctuary with two matching main facades suited to a corner site. Brown and orange variegated brick, brick quoins and tetrastyle temple fronts with Tuscan columns give the building a monumental presence. Inside, carved white-painted woodwork, stained glass scenes from the life of Christ and an amphitheatre-style seating arrangement continue the Neoclassical theme. The congregation was organized in 1884 from the shared Union Church, built its first church in 1893, and moved to this site as Burlington grew. The building is valued as one of the city's foremost Neoclassical Revival churches, an uncommon Akron-type example, and a reminder of early twentieth-century prosperity. A 1953 educational building and a 1980 office wing were added.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"David Fitch, Contractor","architectural_style":"Neoclassical Revival (Akron church type)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a religious building; the sanctuary was recently restored, and additions were made in 1953 and 1980.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.88188-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7172/47717252/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84001919.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001919/ccc9e2a7a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001919/ccc9e2a7a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Byrd.caswell","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Christian_UCC,_Burlington,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Byrd.caswell</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:First_Christian_UCC,_Burlington,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717252","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Christian_Church_of_Burlington","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452649"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/first-christian-church-of-burlington-84001919/"}