Everetts Christian Church
Also known as: Everetts Church of Christ
Why it's listed
Built in 1922 on Broad Street in Everetts, this one-story brick church was dedicated in the fall of 1923 and designed for about three hundred worshippers. Its front-gable façade has three arched stained-glass windows with corbelled brick hoods, and a two-story bell tower shelters the entry. The church is regarded as a plain, cost-effective version of Romanesque Revival design, using modest brick work and little ornament, in keeping with earlier Disciples of Christ churches in the state. Its sanctuary keeps a pressed-tin ceiling and original trim, and folding paneled doors separate the sanctuary from three Sunday School classrooms in an Akron plan. The congregation formed in 1921 after a revival led by Reverend James M. Perry, and the building is one of only a few Martin County Disciples of Christ churches of this period that remain architecturally intact. It is significant as an example of the incorporation of national architectural trends into small-town North Carolina churches.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the church is an intact, vernacular example of Romanesque Revival design among Martin County's Disciples of Christ churches, with plain brick and modest embellishment. It also reflects the early twentieth-century movement to bring popular national styles into North Carolina churches, and its interior retains an Akron plan with folding partition doors between the sanctuary and Sunday School rooms.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 05000351, listed April 28, 2005. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 109 S. Broad St., Everetts |
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| County | Martin County |
| Listed | April 28, 2005 |
| Reference number | 05000351 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1923 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Acreage | 0.2 |
| Within district | Everetts Historic District |
| Coordinates | 35.83333, -77.17026 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
Religious properties are listed for their architectural or historical significance, not their religious use. Listing is honorary and does not restrict the congregation's use of the building. The federal rehabilitation credit is generally unavailable unless part of the building is income-producing; some state programmes and preservation grants do cover religious buildings. Federal funding or permits trigger Section 106 review.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 05000351.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14707922
- This listing as JSON
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