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Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery

Coordinates: 34°12′50″N 77°49′35″W / 34.21389°N 77.82639°W / 34.21389; -77.82639
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Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery
Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery is located in North Carolina
Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery
LocationWilmington, North Carolina
Coordinates34°12′50″N 77°49′35″W / 34.21389°N 77.82639°W / 34.21389; -77.82639
Area6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built1835
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival, Vernacular Greco-Gothic
NRHP reference No.86002879[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 1986
Mount Lebanon Cemetery
Sign at gated entrance

Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Lebanon Chapel, is a historic Episcopal chapel and cemetery located on the grounds of Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a one-story, three bay by three bay, gable-roofed, rectangular building in a vernacular Greco-Gothic. It measures 26 feet wide and 37 feet deep, and is sheathed in weatherboard. It was restored in 1974. The cemetery contains 138 burials dating from 1815 to 2016.[2] It is the oldest known surviving church in New Hanover County.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Mt. Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery Retrieved May 16, 2020
  3. ^ Edward F. Turberg (June 1986). "Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.