Harshaw Chapel and Cemetery - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

We came here looking for a geocache and discovered that this little brick church and the interesting old cemetery were on the National Historical Register. Many of the stones in the cemetery, some of them large and ornate, date from the mid and late 1800s but there are also more recent ones. Many of the first settlers of this region are buried here. There's a good view of downtown Murphy and Cherokee County's marble courthouse, which is also on the Historical Registry. A plaque over the chapel door commemorates Joshua Harshaw's donation of the building to the Methodist Church on May 1,1889

Street address: Church and Central Sts. Murphy, NC United States 28906 County / Borough / Parish: Cherokee Year listed: 1984 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874 Historic function: Funerary, Religion Current function: Funerary, Religion Privately owned?: yes Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007 Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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