About
The Jersey Settlement Meeting House is an 1842 Greek Revival brick church near Linwood, home to a Baptist congregation founded around 1755 by settlers from New Jersey. Regulator leader Benjamin Merrill, executed after the Battle of Alamance, was a member. The church and adjacent cemetery are both National Register-listed.
The gable-front brick building is four bays long and two bays wide; a belfry was added in 1897-1899 and a portico in 1945. The meeting house and the Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery were each listed on the National Register on July 10, 1984.
Details
- Address
- SR 1272, near Linwood, NC, Linwood, NC
- Town
- Linwood
- Congregation founded
- about 1755
- Current building
- 1842
- Style
- Greek Revival
- NRHP listed
- July 10, 1984 (ref. 84002032)
- Visiting
- Active church.
Sources
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