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St. Matthias Episcopal Church

Asheville, US

St. Matthias Episcopal Church

St. Matthias Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, in the Diocese of Western North Carolina. Founded in 1865 as the Freedmen's Church, St. Matthias believes itself to be the oldest African-American congregation in the city. Its hi

storic church, a one-story, cruciform plan brick building with Gothic Revival design influences, was built in 1894–1896. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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