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Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church | |
 Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church seen in March, 2015 | |
  Location within North Carolina  Location within the United States | |
| Location | W side of US 17, 0.04 miles S. of jct. with US 64, near Williamston, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°50′25″N 77°3′54″W / 35.84028°N 77.06500°W |
| Area | 4.9 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1858-1859 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Front-gable |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000355[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 2005 |
Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church is a historic Primitive Baptist church located near Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built in 1858–1859, and is a one-story, front-gable timber-frame building in a simply rendered Greek Revival style. The building measures just over 60 feet deep and 40 feet wide. Located on the property is the contributing church cemetery.[2] A historic marker denoting the history of the church was erected in 1959 by the state of North Carolina.[3]
Joseph Needleman was attacked and castrated in the area just behind the church in 1925;[4] the location of the attack is sometimes given as the church cemetery.[5]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Penne Sandbeck (November 2004). "Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ↑ "Skewarkey Church (B-40) | NC DNCR". www.dncr.nc.gov. Dec 5, 2023.
- ↑ Jr, Fred W. Harrison (2013). Martin County Revisited. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2052-4. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- ↑ Cecelski, David (Aug 31, 2017). "In Skewarkey Cemetery".
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