Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Jct. of NC 1106 at NC 1516, Farm Life, North Carolina. County/parish: Martin.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 20, 2005. NRIS 05000324.

2 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located near Farm Life, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1897, and is a front-gable, unadorned frame building. The building measures 44 feet, 4 inches, wide and 60 feet, 4 inches deep. The interior was historically divided by gender, with men and women sitting separately until approximately the mid-20th century. Also on the property is the former Smithwick's Creek Baptismal House, built in 1892 and moved to site November 2003.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721187