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Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Coordinates: 35°26′22″N 80°48′10″W / 35.43944°N 80.80278°W / 35.43944; -80.80278
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Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Ramah Presbyterian Church sanctuary
Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is located in North Carolina
Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is located in the United States
Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
LocationNC 2439 .3 miles N of jct. with NC 2426, near Huntersville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°26′22″N 80°48′10″W / 35.43944°N 80.80278°W / 35.43944; -80.80278
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1801 (1801), 1881
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Vernacular Gk. Revival/Ital.
MPSRural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP reference No.91000081[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1991

Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The current church sanctuary was built in 1881, and is a rectangular, gable-front vernacular Greek Revival / Italianate style frame building. It is three bays wide and has segmental-arched, double-hung sash windows and a tall rectangular and segmental-arched louvered vent. Also on the property is a one-story, log Fellowship Building built in 1935. The cemetery contains approximately 500 burials, with the oldest dating to about 1800.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#91000081)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Richard Mattson and William Huffman (July 1990). "Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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