Near Mebane in Alamance County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024
1. Cross Roads Presbyterian Church Marker
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Erected by United StatesDepartment of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.
Location. 36° 10.212′ N, 79° 17.17′ W. Marker is near Mebane, North Carolina, in Alamance County. It is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 119 and Dickey Mill Road, on the left on North Carolina Route 119. Access to the church parking lot is from Dickey Mill Rd to the west of the intersection with NC Hwy 119. The marker is to the right of the sanctuary entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3302 NC-119, Burlington NC 27217, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bingham School (approx. 1.6 miles away); Occaneechi in the Service (approx. 2.6 miles away); Pleasant Grove High School (approx. 2.7 miles away); Woodlawn School (approx. 4.2 miles away); Charles Richard Drew (approx. 4.4 miles away); White Furniture (approx. 5.3 miles away); Alexander Mebane (approx. 5.3 miles away); The McCray School (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mebane.
Regarding Cross Roads Presbyterian Church.
Excerpts from the Cross Roads Presbyterian Church and Cemetery and the Stainback Store Nomination Form:
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, a late nineteenth century one-and-a-half-story brick vernacular structure, stands on its original site surrounded by oak trees in the Cross Roads community, located five miles north of Mebane. This imposing rectangular one-to-five bopdstructure, resting on a low brick foundation and covered by a gable roof, has undergone only one major alteration, an addition to the north elevation, since its construction in 1876. The church cemetery, dating back to the late-eighteenth century, is situated west of the church...Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 20242. Cross Roads Presbyterian Church Marker to the right of the sanctuary entrance
Cemetery (c. 1792): The cemetery, associated with the Cross Roads Presbyterian Church since the congregation was first organized here in the late eighteenth century, is located a few yards west of the present church buildings. The cemetery contains the graves of some of the earliest settlers of the Cross Roads area, as well as those of prominent former members of the church...
Stainback Store : Stainback Store is situated across SR 1912 from the cemetery and church. The store is ownerbuilt of wood which came from the frame building which served as the Cross Roads Church and session house from c. 1792 until c. 1888, when, according to local tradition, John Wesley Stainback (18521917) bought the old church, tore it down, moved the materials across SR 1912. It has been vacant since 1973.
Also see . . . Cross Roads Presbyterian Church and Cemetery and Stainback Store Nomination Form (pdf).
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024
3. Full view of Cross Roads Presbyterian Church from Dickey Mill Rd.
Statement of Significance: The three properties in the complex--Cross Roads Presbyterian Church and Cemetery and Stainback Store--represent important aspects of life in the Cross Roads community over the last two centuries. The cemetery dates nearly to the period in which the area was settled by farmers of Scotch-Irish descent in the third quarter of the eighteenth century and contains the graves of many of these settlers and their descendants who have been community leaders since that time. Although actually dating from 1876, Cross Roads Presbyterian Church is a visible symbol of an early mission church and of the "Great Revival" spirit of the first half of the nineteenth century.. Typical of rural vernacular church architecture, the well-preserved and basically unaltered building is simple in both form and detail. In addition, it demonstrates the common practice of replacing earlier and smaller churches with larger, more modern facilities as congregations increased in size and prosperity, a practice which continues to the present. Finally, the Stainback Store reflects the importance of the general store in the life of rural communities(Submitted on September 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)and is significant as a rare survival of nineteenth century frame commercial construction.Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 20244. Full view Cross Roads Presbyterian Church cemetery
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024
5. Stainback Store, built from materials of the original Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 198 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
