Grey Stone Baptist Church
| Grey Stone Baptist Church | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Grey Stone Church in 2025 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Southern Baptist |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 2601 Hillsborough Road Durham, North Carolina, United States |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°00′38″N 78°55′45″W / 36.0105°N 78.9291°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Atwood and Weeks |
| Type | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Website | |
| greystonechurch.com | |
Grey Stone Baptist Church, formerly West Durham Baptist Church, is a historic Southern Baptist church in the West Durham Historic District of Durham, North Carolina. The congregation was founded in 1894 and the current church building was completed in 1936.
History
Grey Stone Church was founded by members of First Baptist Church in 1894 as West Durham Baptist Church on Main Street.[1] The original building was destroyed by a storm in 1897.[1] They built a second building, later that year, on Alexander Street.[1]
By 1927, the congregation had more than 800 members.[2] In 1929, they built another building on the corner of Athens Street and Nixon Street.[1] In 1933, the congregation purchased a plot of land on the corner of Hillsborough Road and 15th Street in West Durham.[2] A new gothic style church building, constructed by the architectural firm Atwood and Weeks using the same stone that had been used to build Duke University West Campus, was completed in 1936.[2]
In 1949, the congregation changed its name to Grey Stone Baptist Church in order to distinguish it from the African-American congregation also named West Durham Baptist Church.[2] Additions and expansions to the church were made in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[2]
Grey Stone Church is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Anderson, Jean Bradley (1990). Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. pp. 228, 346. ISBN 0822310562. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "West Durham Baptist / Grey Stone Baptist Church". Open Durham. Durham, North Carolina: Preservation Society of Durham. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ "Grey Stone Church". SBC Churches. Southern Baptist Convention. Retrieved July 29, 2025.