{"nrhp_refnum":"84002151","name":"Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery","other_names":["Dv-629"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"SR 1755","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":35.97110307000003,"lon":-80.05537445399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic church cemetery of about 3 acres on the northwest side of SR 1755, south of its junction with SR 1741, near High Point in Davidson County, North Carolina. It belongs to the Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church, established in 1830.","why_significant":"The cemetery holds a distinctive collection of folk gravestones made by local stonecutters in the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. The soapstone markers carry folk symbols of resurrection and eternity and show the craft of the Anglo-German farming community of north Davidson County. A small group from the 1840s echoes the 'Pierced Style' of nearby German Lutheran communities.","narrative":"This cemetery near High Point, Davidson County, belongs to Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church, one of the oldest Methodist Protestant congregations in the county, established in 1830. The roughly 3-acre burial ground holds about 300 markers, around 25 of them made locally. The earliest inscribed stone is dated 1839. Many markers are soapstone, carved by local stonecutters whose names are unknown, and they carry folk symbols for resurrection and eternity. The cemetery lacks examples of the dominant stonecutting schools in the county, but seven gravestones are singled out. Some echo the Pierced Tradition, including markers for members of the Welborn and Tise families, while others use simple geometric shapes typical of amateur stonecutters. The 1840s stones reflect a weakened echo of the Pierced Style that flourished in earlier decades in German Lutheran communities of north Davidson County. The collection was listed for its representation of folk art among the Anglo-German farming community.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899 (specific dates: various)","architect_builder":"Stonecutters unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Cemetery owned by the church; condition marked as excellent, good, fair and deteriorated in different parts, with unrestricted access.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.070187-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7176/47717667/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002151.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717667","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Hill_Methodist_Protestant_Church_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18392462"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/spring-hill-methodist-protestant-church-cemetery-84002151/"}