The building you see today was built in 1917 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
This building is the third church building erected in Lincolnton by a congregation which dates to 1815. Organized as Emanuel's Presbyterian Church, the congregation was the third to be established in a community which then, in 1815, had only Lutheran and Reformed churches.
From 1815 until 1839, the church held services in the Old White Church built by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. In 1839, the congregation completed its first church on Water Street and renamed itself the Lincolnton Presbyterian Church.
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the fortunes of the church rose during the long-time ministries of the Reverend Robert Newton Davis and the Reverend Robert Zenas Johnston. In the 1880s, church trustees acquired a portion of the former Phifer estate, a lot at the corner of West Main and Government Streets. Here they built a fashionable Gothic Revival style church in 1891-1892.
In 1916, the congregation built a new building on the site of their second church. The impressive Late Gothic Revival style church as a pair of twin towers flanking the gable-front facade. The well-finished and well-preserved church impressively represents one of several modes in which the Late Gothic Revival style was rendered across North Carolina in the opening decades of the twentieth century.
Events on Main/Homesteads Events purchased the property in 2022 and has done an extensive renovation on both the buildings and the property. Homesteads has brought back the original characteristics of the buildings as designed and intended to be by the original architects. The facility will be used for weddings, reunions, corporate events, birthday parties, showers, community events and much more. Homesteads is honored to have this opportunity to preserve a piece of Lincolnton, Lincoln County and American History for future generations to enjoy.
The building you see today was built in 1917 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
This building is the third church building erected in Lincolnton by a congregation which dates to 1815. Organized as Emanuel’s Presbyterian Church, the congregation was the third to be established in a community which then, in 1815, had only Lutheran and Reformed churches.
From 1815 until 1839, the church held services in the Old White Church built by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. In 1839, the congregation completed its first church on Water Street and renamed itself the Lincolnton Presbyterian Church.
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the fortunes of the church rose during the long-time ministries of the Reverend Robert Newton Davis and the Reverend Robert Zenas Johnston. In the 1880s, church trustees acquired a portion of the former Phifer estate, a lot at the corner of West Main and Government Streets. Here they built a fashionable Gothic Revival style church in 1891-1892.
In 1916, the congregation built a new building on the site of their second church. The impressive Late Gothic Revival style church as a pair of twin towers flanking the gable-front facade. The well-finished and well-preserved church impressively represents one of several modes in which the Late Gothic Revival style was rendered across North Carolina in the opening decades of the twentieth century.
Events on Main/Homesteads Events purchased the property in 2022 and has done an extensive renovation on both the buildings and the property. Homesteads has brought back the original characteristics of the buildings as designed and intended to be by the original architects. The facility will be used for weddings, reunions, corporate events, birthday parties, showers, community events and much more. Homesteads is honored to have this opportunity to preserve a piece of Lincolnton, Lincoln County and American History for future generations to enjoy.