Webster Baptist Church (Webster, North Carolina)

Webster Baptist Church
Webster Baptist Church, January 2019
LocationNC 116 and SR 1340, near Webster, North Carolina
Coordinates35°20′23″N 83°13′35″W / 35.33972°N 83.22639°W / 35.33972; -83.22639
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
Built byCowan, Joseph Warrenton; Cowan, Lawrence D.
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Vernacular Victorian
NRHP reference No.89002137
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 1989

Webster Baptist Church, is an historic Southern Baptist church located at the intersection of NC 116 and SR 1340, near Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1900, and is a one-story, three-bay, rectangular Vernacular Victorian style church. It has a steep gable roof, engaged three stage bell tower, and tall round-headed windows. The church retains its original furniture built and donated by local master cabinetmaker Joseph Warrenton Cowan (1834-1917) and his son, Lawrence Cowan.

In 1989 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.