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Sandy Grove Presbyterian Church

Sandy Grove Presbyterian Church. Fort Bragg Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP). Sandy Grove Presbyterian. Built 1854 Daughter church to Long Street Presbyterian Originally built as a Greek Revival structure A 1917 renovation included Gothic Revival additions.

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Sandy Grove Presbyterian Church

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  1. Sandy Grove Presbyterian Church Fort Bragg Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP)

  2. Sandy Grove Presbyterian • Built 1854 • Daughter church to Long Street Presbyterian • Originally built as a Greek Revival structure • A 1917 renovation included Gothic Revival additions • Sandy Grove Presbyterian, 2010

  3. Sandy Grove, Gothic Revival Elements • Gothic Revival elements: • Peaked, gothic-style windows in lieu of original Greek Revival • Front vestibule w/steeple (original double door entry enclosed by vestibule); Palladian window between entrance in-filled with clapboard Original Greek Revival windows shortened and “Gothicized” with peaked surrounds (left). Front vestibule and steeple added to enclose the original double door entrance on north elevation (above); slave entrance on south elevation in-filled with clapboard.

  4. Interior Elements • Hand-planed pews • Elevated dado/pulpit • Central supportive columns • Ghost marks on floor and ceiling (covered by metal/wood) mark loci of early wood stoves (used as heat sources) • Interior reoriented in 1917 renovation: pews turned around; dado/pulpit relocated; slave entrance in-filled

  5. Greek Revival Ghost Marks • Ghost marks (architectural “footprints”) • Original slave entrance • Window surrounds

  6. Sandy Grove Cemetery • Contains 214 marked graves and six memorial markers • Earliest: Alexander Campbell (d. 1859) • Latest: Mary Chappell King Wright (d. 1977) • Small concrete markers mark loci of original wooden markers (not extant)

  7. CRMP Maintenance of Sandy Grove • Recommend routine maintenance of architectural elements, cemetery, and grounds • Report and redress vandalism damage Repaired window with Lexan covering to protect against breakage Window vandalized by bullets and stones

  8. CRMP Tours of Sandy Grove • Walking tours of church and/or cemetery available by appointment • 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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