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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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 Sandy Grove Presbyterian, 2010
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.
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
Greek Revival Ghost Marks
• Ghost marks (architectural “footprints”)– Original slave entrance– Window surrounds
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)
CRMP Maintenance of Sandy Grove
• Recommend routine maintenance of architectural elements, cemetery, and grounds
• Report and redress vandalism damageRepaired window with
Lexan covering to protect against breakage
Window vandalized by bullets and stones
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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