{"nrhp_refnum":"96000195","name":"Weaverville United Methodist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"85 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weaverville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.69923608000005,"lon":-82.56007120999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Methodist church with an attached educational building at 85 N. Main Street in Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The sanctuary was erected in 1919-1920 on the east side of Main Street, and the Reeves Educational Building was added in 1956-1957.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant under Criterion C for architecture as an intact example of a brick church combining Gothic Revival and Classical Revival features. It notes the sanctuary's largely original interior, including its board-sheathed tray ceiling, and says it is the first major public building erected in the town and the first of three churches built there in the 1920s. It also cites associations with the Weaver family and Weaver College.","narrative":"Brick sanctuary on the east side of North Main Street in Weaverville, built in 1919-1920 by local builder Zebulon Vance Robinson and contractor Douglas Conklin Roberts. The west facade is five bays wide, with a two-story classical portico and a pediment shingled in brown wood, while the side and rear walls use red brick with lancet-arch windows of Gothic Revival type. The congregation first worshipped in the building on Easter Sunday 1920, after a lightning strike on Independence Day 1917 destroyed its earlier frame church. The interior retains a pine tongue-and-groove tray ceiling, original vestibule light fittings and a curved pew arrangement. Stained glass windows were installed in the 1920s and 1940s as memorials. The church is also tied to the Weaver family, whose college operated nearby from 1873 until 1934.","period_of_significance":"1919-1920","architect_builder":"Robinson, Zebulon Vance (builder); Roberts, Douglas Conklin (contractor)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival; Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Well-preserved and intact; the congregation continues to worship in the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.786591-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7191/47719123/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/96000195.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000195/b865473885-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000195/b865473885-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Swright618","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weaverville_United_Methodist_Church.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Swright618</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weaverville_United_Methodist_Church.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719123","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaverville_United_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159182"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/weaverville-united-methodist-church-96000195/"}