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Long Street Presbyterian Church

Long Street Presbyterian Church. Cultural Resources M anagement Program (CRMP). Long Street Presbyterian. Constructed by founding congregation of Highland Scot immigrants (settled area between 1750s-70s) Current 1847 structure preceded by two others:

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Long Street Presbyterian Church

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  1. Long Street Presbyterian Church Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP)

  2. Long Street Presbyterian • Constructed by founding congregation of Highland Scot immigrants (settled area between 1750s-70s) • Current 1847 structure preceded by two others: • First structure: plain log, built in 1765 north of existing structure; burned early 19th century • Second structure: larger wood-frame, built in early 19thcentury west of existing structure, near existing cemetery

  3. Long Street Presbyterian • Two-story Greek Revival structure w/hipped roof • Palladian window • Doric columns on front façade • Nine-over-six sash windows on each elevation • Divided into main level and slave gallery above • Sex-/race-based divisions per level

  4. Long Street Church, Now and Then Long Street Church, 2010 Long Street Church, ca. 1920-1930

  5. Long Street, Historic Façade Wood-frame bowing from settling of supportive piers Wooden column bases Wooden porch/stairs

  6. Long Street, Present Day Façade Window panes/ transoms unpainted Wooden columns shortened; bases replaced w/concrete Wooden porch/ stairs replaced w/ concrete aggregate

  7. Interior Elements • Fluted wooden columns • Blue painted ceiling • Elevated dado/pulpit • Hand-planed pews • Faux graining/staining treatment to pews

  8. Slave Gallery • Accessed through two • exterior entrances, and up • two separate interior • staircases • Separated by sex

  9. Long Street’s Cemetery • Surrounded by dry-laid sandstone wall • Contains 232 known graves • Earliest: Jaujin (Lauchlin) McNeil (d. 1773) • Latest: M. Neil Buie (d. 1932) • Fort Bragg’s only known marker with Gaelic inscription: Capt. Angus McDiarmid (d. 1865) Long Street Cemetery, church’s west façade

  10. CRMP Maintenance of Long Street • CRMP makes recommendations for repairs • Fort Bragg repaired failing architectural elements in 2005 • Typical Maintenance Issues • Column rot (bases specifically) • Exterior paint chipping • Exterior storm shutter rot (shutters not original) • Maintenance of 1980s security grates and plexi-glass (protection against vandalism) • Future • Concrete aggregate porch will require replacement • Wooden side stairs up to exterior gallery entrances will require replacement Column base rot requiring repair

  11. CRMP Tours of Long Street • Walking tours of church and/or cemetery available by appointment only • Pamphlets available at CRMP office • Call CRMP at 910-396-6680, or email through the CRMP website’s Contact Us page

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