ABE BUILDINGS

Calvary Presbyterian Church

 
Title Calvary Presbyterian Church
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Building Address 44 Circle Street
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Subject - LCSH Calvary Prebyterian Church; Asheville, NC; African American Churches; African American Schools;
Description
Dr. Charles B. Dusenbury, a minister from the North Carolina area, went to Asheville in 1881 at the insistence of the Committee of Missions for Freedmen to organize a Presbyterian church among the African American community of Asheville after the Civil War.Dr. Dusenbury and his followers faithfully went to work to create a sutable church for the African American community. In1892 a site on Eagle St. was purchased on which was erected a fine sanctuary and later a manse.Public schools for blacks in Asheville had just begun at this time and therefore a parochial school was started in 1894 in the basement of the church, and continued to 1927.
Publisher UNCA
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Date building constructed/ended 1892
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Tenants Congregation
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Language English
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Coverage - Spatial Asheville, North Carolina 
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Updated by UNCA 2011-3-16