{"nrhp_refnum":"84002410","name":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church","other_names":["See Also:St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Boundary Increase)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 2004","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntersville","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.34783309200003,"lon":-80.88071863299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small rural Gothic Revival brick church on a wooded hill near the Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and Beatties Ford Road in the Long Creek community near Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, built in 1886-1887 with an adjoining parsonage and graveyard.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be both an architectural and cultural landmark in a mostly Presbyterian farming community. It is tied to local farmer Columbus W. McCoy, Rev. Edwin A. Osborne and Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, later Bishop of North Carolina. It is also a well preserved example of vernacular nineteenth century Gothic Revival church design and shows the work of local carpenter John Ellis McAuley.","narrative":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a small brick country church on a wooded hill near an old crossroads in the Long Creek community of northern Mecklenburg County. Built in 1886-1887, it has a cross-shaped plan, steep roofs, lancet windows in pointed arches, and walls of red brick handmade at the foot of the hill by local carpenter John Ellis McAuley. J. F. Grady held the construction contract, and the building cost $770. The congregation grew from sermons preached by Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire of St. Peter's in Charlotte, who later became bishop, and from the work of Rev. Edwin A. Osborne and farmer Columbus W. McCoy. Their efforts created an Episcopal presence in a mainly Presbyterian area. The church was consecrated in 1896. A McAuley-built parsonage and a graveyard share the site. A 1980 restoration returned some woodwork and the exterior trim color. Its high integrity makes it a reminder of the rural church in a now heavily developed county.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder/Architect listed as Unknown; text names J. F. Grady as contractor and John Ellis McAuley as brickmaker","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (vernacular \"English country Gothic\")","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; the church was restored in 1980 and still serves a small congregation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.02861-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7212/47721256/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002410.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721256","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Huntersville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589938"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/st-marks-episcopal-church-84002410/"}