{"nrhp_refnum":"87000914","name":"Mt. Sinai Baptist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"512 Henry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eden","county":"Rockingham County","state":"NC","lat":36.49408643500004,"lon":-79.76827004299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-06-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick Late Gothic Revival church at 512 Henry Street in a residential neighborhood a few blocks north of the central business district of Leaksville, now Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921 for the Mt. Sinai Baptist congregation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is the oldest black Baptist church in Eden and a major black landmark, tied to the post-Civil War establishment of separate black congregations. It also holds that the building is a representative and well-preserved example of early twentieth-century Gothic Revival black church architecture, with matching bell towers typical of such churches in North Carolina.","narrative":"Built in 1921 by local builder James M. Hopper, this red brick church stands on a hill on Henry Street in Eden, formerly Leaksville. It is a two-story, gable-front building with square two-stage crenellated towers of equal height at each corner, a raised brick basement, and stained glass in its pointed arch and Y-tracery windows. The congregation was formed in 1888 and is regarded as the oldest black Baptist church in Eden. Its first frame church, built around 1891 on Monroe Street, was replaced by this larger sanctuary after the congregation outgrew it. The building is considered one of the area's major black landmarks and a fine example of Gothic Revival church design in rapidly growing early twentieth-century towns. Its significance is tied to the religious life of Eden's black community following emancipation, and it has remained in use as a place of worship throughout the twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1921-1937","architect_builder":"J. M. Hopper Construction Company (builder); James M. Hopper","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.981214-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7220/47722015/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87000914.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000914/db17f63bc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000914/db17f63bc0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Sinai_Baptist_Church,_Eden.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Sinai_Baptist_Church,_Eden.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86003376","name":"Central Leaksville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/central-leaksville-historic-district-86003376/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722015","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Sinai_Baptist_Church_(Eden,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6930343"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rockingham-county/mt-sinai-baptist-church-87000914/"}