Henderson and Charles Sts., Saluda, North Carolina. County/parish: Polk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 1982. NRIS 82001301.
1 contributing building.
Church of the Transfiguration is a historic Episcopal church located at Henderson and Charles Streets in Saluda, Polk County, North Carolina. It is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. The church reported 139 members in 2018 and 159 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $274,964. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) in 2024 was 73 persons.
The church was built in 1889, and it is a one-story Carpenter Gothic-style church with a steeply pitched gable roof and board and batten siding. It features a two-tiered square corner bell tower and pointed arch stained glass windows. A vestry addition was built in 1968. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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