Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
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Calvary Episcopal Church
Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina

Photographs, District No. 12

Historic American Buildings Survey, Prepared at Headquarters Office for M.R. March, District Officer.

Historical American Buildings Survey Card

State: North Carolina; County: Henderson; Town: Fletcher (NC Highway 69); Monument: Calvary Church
Index Number: VC: 45-FLECH-1
Survey No: 12 A-3
History: Built in 1859 and consecrated Aug. 21, 1859 by Rt. Rev. Thos. Atkinson, Bishop of NC. Used as barracks by Confederate troops during war.
Description: brick, gabled roof, 1 story.
Additional Notes: Calvary Church, known as the Westminster Abbey of the South, was the home church of Bill Nye, famous writer and humorist, and he is buried nearby.
Author of Card: Stewart Rogers, May 1, 1934.

(Source: The Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, Image: The Library of Congress)