Belgrade and St. David's Church

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Belgrade and St. David's Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Pettigrew House, HABS photo, July 1940
35°52′14″N 76°22′59″W / 35.87056°N 76.38306°W / 35.87056; -76.38306
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1797
Architectural style	Georgian, vernacular
NRHP reference No.	78001983^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 26, 1978

Belgrade and St. David's Church, also known as Pettigrew's Chapel, is a historic Episcopal church and home located at Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina. St. David's Church was built over a number of years. It is a cruciform, weatherboarded frame structure with a cross gable roof. It features a late-19th century two-part bell tower with a four-faced, pyramidal, bell-cast spire. Belgrade was built about 1797, and is a small one-story Georgian style frame dwelling with a steep gable roof. It was the home of the home of Charles "Parson" Pettigrew, first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ H. McKe1den Smith and Jim Sumner (n.d.). "Belgrade and St. David's Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)