St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter

Historic church in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Church of the Holy Comforter
36°5′30″N 79°26′3″W / 36.09167°N 79.43417°W / 36.09167; -79.43417
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1879-1880, 1887, 1911, 1926, 1963
Architect	Hobart Upjohn; Johannes Adam Simon Oertel
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Gothic Revival, Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.	79001653^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1979

St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter is a historic Episcopal church complex located at 300 E. Webb Avenue and 320 E. Davis Street in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina.

Description and history

St. Athanasius Church is a small Carpenter Gothic chapel designed by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel and built in 1879–1880. Adjacent to St. Athanasius is the Parish House (1887). In 1911, the Neo-Gothic Revival style Church of the Holy Comforter was designed by Hobart Upjohn and built west of St. Athanasius. The Neo-Gothic Revival style Parish House was added in 1926. The Parish House addition and Great Hall were added in 1963. Between St Athanasius Church and Church of the Holy Comforter is a cemetery with graves dating to 1882.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Michael Southern; David W. Parham & Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.