Mocksville in Davie County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
First United Methodist Church
Mocksville, North Carolina
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 15, 2024
1. First United Methodist Church Mocksville, North Carolina Marker
Mocksville, North Carolina
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1896
Erected by United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.
Location. 35° 53.786′ N, 80° 33.67′ W. Marker is in Mocksville, North Carolina, in Davie County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 158) and West Church Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. The marker is to the right of the sanctuary entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 310 N Main St, Mocksville NC 27028, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Kurfees & Ward Pure Oil Shop (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); J.T. Angell Building (about 600 feet away); Horn-Harding Building (about 600 feet away); Princess Theatre (about 600 feet away); Thomas H. Gaither Tobacco Factory (about 600 feet away); Hanes - Johnson Building (about 600 feet away); Commercial Building (about 700 feet away); J.T. Baity/Anderson General Store (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mocksville.
More about this marker. First United Methodist Church, Mocksville is a contributing building of the North Main Street Historic District in Mocksville.
Regarding First United Methodist Church.
Excerpt from the North Main Street Nomination Form:
Brick Victorian Gothic Revival style church; rectangular gabled sanctuary with large Gothic-arched stained glass windows between small buttresses, small rose window; small, round corner tower withsteep conical roof; main entrance in four story square corner tower topped by square frame steeple with broach spire; steeple is shingled, has small brackets; two-story, gable-roofed North Annex has segmentally-arched windows, large gabled hood over door; rectangular, two-story, flat-roofed addition (South Annex) on west end with mock mansard; slate roofs; built to designs of carpenter James Call to replace earlier church across street; North Annex added 1917; South Annex added 1933 (later remodeled); rear wing added 1973-74.Photographed by Mark Parker, September 15, 20242. First United Methodist Church Mocksville entrance. Marker to the right of sanctuary entrance.
Also see . . . North Main Street Historic District Nomination Form (pdf). Prepared by David R. Black, Architectural Historian, 1990 (Submitted on September 16, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 15, 2024
3. Placard to the left of sanctuary entrance
Organized 1833
First Methodist Church became First United Methodist in 1968 after the denomination merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 15, 2024
4. Northeast view of FUMC Mocksville. North annex added in 1917
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 15, 2024
5. South view of FUMC Mocksville. South annex added 1933, rear wing added 1973-74
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 314 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 16, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
