12 W. Fort St., Marion, North Carolina. County/parish: McDowell.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 28, 1991. NRIS 91000291.
Part of Downtown Marion MPS (NRIS 64500356).
1 contributing building.
First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located behind the Marion Recreation building, near the Marion Library, at 79 Academy Street in Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. The congregation was established in 1845, and the current church building was constructed in 1923. Its is a one-story plus balcony Classical Revival-style brick building set on a raised basement. The front facade features a monumental Ionic order tetrastyle pedimented portico.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is located in the Main Street Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718203