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St. John's Episcopal Church
302 Green Street
St. John's unusual steeple, featuring Gothic revival architecture, consists of
two towers with 11 spires.
Daws said St. John's structure was among those destroyed in the fire of 1831.
e rector at the time traveled north to seek aid to rebuild the church.
Evans Metropolitan AME Zion
Church
301 North Cool Springs Street
Gothic-style twin towers represent
the steeples of the church, which was
first built in 1893 and is on the list
of the National Register of Historic
Places. e church features the
crasmanship of African-American
artisans James Williams, a master
carpenter, and Joseph Steward, a
master brick layer.
Henry Evans, a free, African-
American shoemaker and Methodist
minister, is said to have risked his
life to spread the faith, at one point
swimming through Cross Creek to
escape a white mob.
e church's towers were damaged
but nevertheless still stand aer the
onslaught of Hurricane Florence in
2018.
Evans
Metropolitan
AME Zion
Church
St. John's
Episcopal
Church
