Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Lebanon Chapel, is a historic Episcopal chapel and cemetery located on the grounds of Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a one-story, three bay by three bay, gable-roofed, rectangular building in a vernacular Greco-Gothic. It measures 26 feet wide and 37 feet deep, and is sheathed in weatherboard. It was restored in 1974. The cemetery contains 138 burials dating from 1815 to 2016.[2] It is the oldest known surviving church in New Hanover County.[3]
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| Location | Wilmington, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°12′50″N 77°49′35″W / 34.21389°N 77.82639°W |
| Area | 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) |
| Built | 1835 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Vernacular Greco-Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002879[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 16, 1986 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Mt. Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery Retrieved May 16, 2020
- ^ Edward F. Turberg (June 1986). "Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.