Houck's Chapel
Houck's Chapel, September 2012
Houck's Chapel is located in North Carolina
Houck's Chapel
Houck's Chapel is located in the United States
Houck's Chapel
Location9th Ave. and 17th St. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′41″N 81°22′7″W / 35.74472°N 81.36861°W / 35.74472; -81.36861
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
MPSHickory MRA
NRHP reference No.85000587[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 1985

Houck's Chapel is a historic Methodist church located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1888, and is a small, rectangular frame church building. It is two bays wide and four deep and rests on a stone pier foundation. Atop the roof is a pyramidal roofed belfry. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Houck's Chapel has been restored by the Hickory Landmarks Society and is open for tours by appointment.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips and Jerry Cross (June 1983). "Houck's Chapel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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