Emmanuel Lutheran Church is diagonally across the intersection from the site of the Old White Church.
The Old White Church was a building shared by the Lutherans, the Reformed Church, and the Presbyterians, and was used for public worship, burials, and as a school house.
The brick church built near the site of the Old White Church was entirely Lutheran. Emanuel Reformed Church moved to East Main Street, and the Presbyterians moved to West Main. The current church was built in the early 1920s, and represents the Gothic style and the floor layout in the shape of a cross. Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Old White Church Cemetery are both listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
About the Old White Church Cemetery: The first church deed recorded in Lincolnton was January 10, 1788 for two acres at a cost of ten shillings, plus tax, which was $2.40. This lot would be the site of the Dutch Meeting House, the Old White Church, and the first brick church in town.
Reverend John Gottfired Arends arrived in Lincoln County in 1785 to organize the local Lutherans. Reverend Arends died in 1807 and was buried under the Dutch Meeting House. His gravestone is inscribed in German, and was the first burial on this site. The last burial in this cemetery was Elizabeth Schrum Little in 2013.
Inside of the decorative fence that encircles the cemetery is the John Hoke family tomb.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church is diagonally across the intersection from the site of the Old White Church.
The Old White Church was a building shared by the Lutherans, the Reformed Church, and the Presbyterians, and was used for public worship, burials, and as a school house.
The brick church built near the site of the Old White Church was entirely Lutheran. Emanuel Reformed Church moved to East Main Street, and the Presbyterians moved to West Main. The current church was built in the early 1920s, and represents the Gothic style and the floor layout in the shape of a cross. Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Old White Church Cemetery are both listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
About the Old White Church Cemetery: The first church deed recorded in Lincolnton was January 10, 1788 for two acres at a cost of ten shillings, plus tax, which was $2.40. This lot would be the site of the Dutch Meeting House, the Old White Church, and the first brick church in town.
Reverend John Gottfired Arends arrived in Lincoln County in 1785 to organize the local Lutherans. Reverend Arends died in 1807 and was buried under the Dutch Meeting House. His gravestone is inscribed in German, and was the first burial on this site. The last burial in this cemetery was Elizabeth Schrum Little in 2013.
Inside of the decorative fence that encircles the cemetery is the John Hoke family tomb.