Mount Ebal Methodist Protestant Church is a historic property of the

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located at the end of SR 2518 near Denton in

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. It was built in 1883, and is a one-story, gabled frame building, 36 feet wide and 48 feet deep. The building rests on

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piers. The building had ceased to be in regular use by about 1940, although an annual homecoming takes place in June each year.Mt. Ebal Annual Homecoming
accessed 3 January 2016 Also on the property is a contributing church

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. The property was added to the

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in 1984.

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Methodist churches in North Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Churches completed in 1883 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States Churches in Davidson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-Methodist-church-stub