St. John's Episcopal Church (Marion, North Carolina)

St. John's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	315 S. Main St., Marion, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°40′48″N 82°0′25″W / 35.68000°N 82.00694°WCoordinates: 35°40′48″N 82°0′25″W / 35.68000°N 82.00694°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1883
Architect	Bland, Charles Theodore; Dellinger, William
Architectural style	Carpenter Gothic
MPS	Downtown Marion MPS
NRHP Reference #	91000290[1]
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1991

St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 315 S. Main Street in Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1883, and is a one-story, Carpenter Gothic style frame church. It has a steeply pitched gable roof, board and batten exterior walls, lancet windows, and an elaborate bell tower added in 1903. St. John's is one of the few buildings that survived the 1894 fire on Main Street.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1] It is located in the Main Street Historic District.

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Sybil Argintar Bowers (August 1991). "St. John's Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.