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Gaston Chapel

Coordinates: 35°44′51″N 81°41′14″W / 35.74750°N 81.68722°W / 35.74750; -81.68722
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Gaston Chapel
Gaston Chapel, August 2019
Gaston Chapel is located in North Carolina
Gaston Chapel
Gaston Chapel is located in the United States
Gaston Chapel
Location100 Bouchelle St., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′51″N 81°41′14″W / 35.74750°N 81.68722°W / 35.74750; -81.68722
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1900
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.84000077[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1984

Gaston Chapel is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 100 Bouchelle Street in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built from 1900 to 1911, and is a brick church building with a high-pitched hip roof and Late Gothic Revival style design influences. It features a Gothic-arched tripartite stained-glass window. It is the oldest extant, and first substantial, African-American church structure in Burke County.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Dana E. Mintzer (May 1984). "Gaston Chapel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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