Damascus Baptist Church Arbor

Off SR 1158 and SR 1582, Harmony, North Carolina. County/parish: Iredell.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 24, 1980. NRIS 80002850.

Part of Iredell County MRA (NRIS 64000457).

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Damascus Baptist Church Arbor

Damascus Baptist Church Arbor is a historic Baptist church arbor located in Sharpesburg Township south of Love Valley, North Carolina, United States. It was constructed in 1855, and is an open rectangular structure measuring 35 feet by 55 feet. The Damascus Baptist Church Arbor continues to be used for brush arbor revivals. It has a gable-on-hip roof and hand hewn, pegged frame, log rafters. The arbor is part of a Damascus Baptist Church complex that includes a church (built between 1907 and 1909), education building, and cemetery.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718094