St. Alban's Episcopal Church (Littleton, North Carolina)
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St. Alban's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...

 church building located at 300 Mosby Avenue, corner of College Street in Littleton
Littleton, North Carolina
Littleton is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 692 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Littleton is located at ....

, Halifax County, North Carolina
Halifax County, North Carolina
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. Built in the wooden frame Vernacular
Vernacular architecture
Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs and circumstances. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical context in which it...

 style of architecture with the Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...

 features of lancet window
Lancet window
A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs.The motif first...

s and doors. On April 20, 2011, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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.

National Register listing

  • NORTH CAROLINA, HALIFAX COUNTY,
  • St. Alban's Episcopal Church,
  • 300 Mosby Ave, NC, 11000209,
  • LISTED, 4/20/11

Current status

St. Alban's Episcopal Church is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, founded in 1817, roughly corresponds to the segment of the U.S. state of North Carolina between I-77 in the west and I-95 in the east, including the most populous area of the state. Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh, Cary, and Durham are the...

with regular Sunday services at 9:30 AM.
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