Falcon Tabernacle
Falcon Tabernacle
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The tabernacle
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Location | West Street, Falcon, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Built | 1898 |
Architect | Julius A. Culbreth |
Architectural style | Octagon Mode |
NRHP Reference # | 83003814 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 11, 1983 |
The Falcon Tabernacle, also known as the Octagon Tabernacle and the Little Tabernacle, is an historic octagon-shaped Pentecostal Holiness church building in Falcon, North Carolina. Built in 1898, it was designed by Julius A. Culbreth (1871-1950) for prayer meetings and was built using wood from trees that had been uprooted by a tornado. Culbreth, who was the founder of Falcon, chose the octagon shape because it reminded him of the tents used in revival meetings. In 1900 the building became the home of the Falcon Pentecostal Holiness Church, of which Culbreth was a leader.[1][2][3][4]
On January 30, 1911, the building was the site of the formal merger agreement between two Pentecostal denominations, the Pentecostal Holiness Church of North Carolina and the much larger Fire-Baptized Holiness Church. The new denomination was called the Pentecostal Holiness Church and is now the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.[2][5]
In 1952 a new much larger church was built in front of the Little Tabernacle and the congregation's name was changed to the Culbreth Memorial Pentecostal Holiness Church. [6] In 1974 the Little Tabernacle was moved from its original location at 8443 Fayetteville Road to West Street, where it is now located. [2] [7]
On October 11, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Waymarking listing for Octagon Tabernacle, Falcon, North Carolina
- ↑ Cumberland County 250: Short biography of Julius A. Culbreth
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ International Pentecostal Holiness Church: Brief History: Pentecost & Mergers
- ↑ Cumberland County Public Library page on Culbreth Memorial Pentecostal Holiness Church
- ↑ Waymarking listing for Octagon Tabernacle: Picture and church and historic marker
External links
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- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Octagonal religious buildings in the United States
- Pentecostal churches in North Carolina
- Churches in Cumberland County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, North Carolina
- Cumberland County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- North Carolina church stubs