{"nrhp_refnum":"94000023","name":"Kehukee Primative Baptist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1810 NE side, just E of jct. with NC 125","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scotland Neck","county":"Halifax County","state":"NC","lat":36.10610500100006,"lon":-77.41478366899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame Primitive Baptist church with a gable-front roof and a central Gothic-style tower, set in a grove of oaks about one mile south of Scotland Neck in rural Halifax County, North Carolina, with an adjoining cemetery and meeting grounds. Constructed circa 1872 and modified in 1901.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a remarkably well-preserved example of the traditional Primitive Baptist meeting house, with an intact interior plan and preaching stand. It also shows how the congregation adopted a stylistic change in 1901 while keeping its traditional religious practices, reflecting rural economic change in eastern North Carolina during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","narrative":"A one-story frame church built circa 1872 in rural Halifax County, about a mile south of Scotland Neck, Kehukee Primitive Baptist Church sits in a grove of oaks on roughly two acres. Its gable-front form and paired entrances follow the traditional Primitive Baptist meeting house. In 1901 a projecting central tower with an octagonal spire was added to the front facade, introducing a late-Victorian Gothic touch. The interior keeps its plan of two aisles leading to a raised preaching stand flanked by Amen corners, along with a gallery, a pine Communion table and beaded tongue-and-groove wainscoting. The church is listed for its architecture and for its religious significance, as an example of a congregation adopting a stylistic change while maintaining strict ritual practice. Its period of significance runs from 1872 to 1919, the years that Elder Andrew J. Moore led the congregation. A cemetery with a stone wall lies to the north.","period_of_significance":"1872-1919","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The last regular church meeting was held in 1981; since then the church has served only rarely as the site of the Kehukee Association's union meeting. The church is in good condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.281681-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7207/47720700/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94000023.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720700","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehukee_Primitive_Baptist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6383510"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/halifax-county/kehukee-primative-baptist-church-94000023/"}