Sandy Grove Presbyterian Church

Fort Bragg Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP)

Sandy Grove Presbyterian

• Built 1854

• Daughter church to Long Street Presbyterian

• Originally built as a Greek Revival structure– A 1917

renovation included Gothic Revival additions Sandy Grove Presbyterian, 2010

Sandy Grove, Gothic Revival Elements• Gothic Revival elements:

– Peaked, gothic-style windows in lieu of original Greek Revival

– Front vestibule w/steeple (original double door entry enclosed by vestibule); Palladian window between entrance in-filled with clapboard

Original Greek Revival windows shortened and “Gothicized” with peaked surrounds (left). Front vestibule and steeple added to enclose the original double door entrance on north elevation (above); slave entrance on south elevation in-filled with clapboard.

Interior Elements• Hand-planed pews• Elevated dado/pulpit• Central supportive columns• Ghost marks on floor and ceiling (covered by

metal/wood) mark loci of early wood stoves (used as heat sources)

• Interior reoriented in 1917 renovation: pews turned around; dado/pulpit relocated; slave entrance in-filled

Greek Revival Ghost Marks

• Ghost marks (architectural “footprints”)– Original slave entrance– Window surrounds

Sandy Grove Cemetery• Contains 214 marked graves

and six memorial markers• Earliest: Alexander

Campbell (d. 1859)• Latest: Mary Chappell King

Wright (d. 1977)• Small concrete markers

mark loci of original wooden markers (not extant)

CRMP Maintenance of Sandy Grove

• Recommend routine maintenance of architectural elements, cemetery, and grounds

• Report and redress vandalism damageRepaired window with

Lexan covering to protect against breakage

Window vandalized by bullets and stones

CRMP Tours of Sandy Grove

• Walking tours of church and/or cemetery available by appointment– Pamphlets available

at CRMP office– Call CRMP at 910-

396-6680, or email through the CRMP website’s Contact Us page