Lyerly Building for Boys

Lyerly Building for Boys, also known as Nazareth Orphans' Home, Nazareth Children's Home or Nazareth Child & Family Connection,^[2] is a historic orphanage located at Gold Hill Township, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built between 1913 and 1916, and is a two-story, front gabled, vernacular Gothic Revival style granite building. It has a steeply pitched parapeted slate roof. The building housed a school and chapel on the first floor with a boy's dormitory above.^[3]

Lyerly Building for Boys
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Crescent Rd./Rt. 3, Gold Hill Township, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°34′12″N 80°25′47″W
Area	4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built	1913 (1913)-1916
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	88003006[1]
Added to NRHP	January 5, 1989

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Children's home now Nazareth Child & Family Connection". Salisbury Post. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
3. Diane M. Young (May 1988). "Lyerly Building for Boys" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

External links

• Nazareth Children’s Home website