{"nrhp_refnum":"91001493","name":"Grace Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"404 Washington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weldon","county":"Halifax County","state":"NC","lat":36.42536391200008,"lon":-77.59873183499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Gothic Revival parish church at 404 Washington Avenue in Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina. Construction began in 1872, the walls were stuccoed in 1886, and the church was complete by 1889.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church reflects the economic struggles of eastern North Carolina and the Episcopal church during and after Reconstruction. It also shows Gothic Revival and ecclesiological design trends on a small scale, with an unusually well preserved gable-front form, an offset buttress and bell tower, and a hammer-beam roof interior.","narrative":"Grace Episcopal Church is a small Gothic Revival parish church on Washington Avenue in Weldon, two blocks from the town's commercial center. Construction began in 1872, the original brick walls were covered with stucco in 1886 after the bricks proved poor, and the church was complete by 1889. Its gable-front plan has an offset two-stage buttress, a three-stage bell tower that serves as the entrance vestibule, pointed-arch openings and a small chancel. Inside, darkly stained woodwork and a modified hammer-beam roof with trefoil details remain largely intact. A brick parish house was attached at the rear in 1953-1954. The nomination presents the church as a record of a small congregation's long effort to build a fashionable church while eastern North Carolina recovered from the Civil War. It also shows the Episcopal preference for Early English Gothic models and the slow spread of ecclesiological ideas into small towns. The architect is unknown.","period_of_significance":"1872-1889","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Gothic (Gothic Revival, Early English parish church model)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in religious use; a brick parish house was added at the rear in 1953-1954.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.022552-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7207/47720704/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91001493.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001493/55aea5d703-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001493/55aea5d703-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRACE_EPISCOPAL_CHURCH,_WELDON,_HALIFAX_COUNTY,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRACE_EPISCOPAL_CHURCH,_WELDON,_HALIFAX_COUNTY,_NC.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96000565","name":"Weldon Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/weldon-historic-district-96000565/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720704","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Episcopal_Church_(Weldon,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5591148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/halifax-county/grace-episcopal-church-91001493/"}