Nov 5FAYETTEVILLE RAMBLE | Saturday, November 14 ⛪️ Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church – with a history spanning more than 220 years…The church’s current sanctuary, a striking example of Gothic Revival architecture, was constructed in 1893–1894. Its history, however, extends far beyond its architecture. For generations, Evans Metropolitan has served as a place of worship, fellowship, community leadership, and resilience for Fayetteville’s Black community. Today, the church stands as a lasting reminder of the people, faith, and determination that helped shape Fayetteville’s history. We’re excited to share the stories of places like Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church during our upcoming, Fayetteville Ramble. The congregation traces its beginnings to around 1800, when Henry Evans, a free Black preacher and shoemaker from Virginia, began holding religious services in Fayetteville. Despite facing significant opposition and racial discrimination, Evans persevered, welcoming both Black and white worshippers to his services. His ministry laid the foundation for what would become one of the oldest AME Zion congregations in the country. All images courtesy of the February 29, 2024 Fayetteville Observer article, “Fayetteville’s Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church”, Google for a deeper dive! 🎟️ Tickets on sale now at PresNC.org/EventsLatest
Nov 5FAYETTEVILLE RAMBLE | Saturday, November 14 ⛪️ Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church – with a history spanning more than 220 years…The church’s current sanctuary, a striking example of Gothic Revival architecture, was constructed in 1893–1894. Its history, however, extends far beyond its architecture. For generations, Evans Metropolitan has served as a place of worship, fellowship, community leadership, and resilience for Fayetteville’s Black community. Today, the church stands as a lasting reminder of the people, faith, and determination that helped shape Fayetteville’s history. We’re excited to share the stories of places like Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church during our upcoming, Fayetteville Ramble. The congregation traces its beginnings to around 1800, when Henry Evans, a free Black preacher and shoemaker from Virginia, began holding religious services in Fayetteville. Despite facing significant opposition and racial discrimination, Evans persevered, welcoming both Black and white worshippers to his services. His ministry laid the foundation for what would become one of the oldest AME Zion congregations in the country. All images courtesy of the February 29, 2024 Fayetteville Observer article, “Fayetteville’s Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church”, Google for a deeper dive! 🎟️ Tickets on sale now at PresNC.org/Events
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Founded in 1939, The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc. (known as Preservation North Carolina or PNC) is North Carolina’s only private nonprofit statewide historic preservation organization. Its mission is saving historic places important to the diverse people of North Carolina. It enjoys a national reputation, having been cited by the National Park Service as “the premier statewide preservation organization of the South, if not the Nation” and the National Trust for Historic Preservation as “the model organization of its kind.”
Through its award-winning Endangered Properties Program , PNC acquires endangered historic properties and then finds purchasers willing and able to rehabilitate them. It has protected 900 historic properties through covenants or easements, representing at least $500,000,000 in private investment. Buyers have put these properties into a multitude of new uses, adding millions of dollars to local tax rolls and creating numerous jobs. Several of the larger properties have been adapted into affordable housing. More than 4,000 acres have been placed under PNC’s protective covenants, perpetually restricting their development. Most of the properties saved through the Endangered Properties Program have been in rural areas or small towns, the parts of North Carolina most in need of reinvestment