Zion Lutheran Church (Rockwell, North Carolina)

Zion Lutheran Church, also known as Organ Church, is a historic Lutheran church located near Rockwell, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1794, and is a two-story, stone building. A large bell tower was added about 1900; it is topped by a heavy octagonal spire with a weathervane. A Sunday School addition was built on the rear of the church in 1929.^[2]

Zion Lutheran Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	SW of Rockwell on SR 1006 off SR 1221, near Rockwell, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°31′40″N 80°27′0″W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1794
NRHP reference No.	72000991[1]
Added to NRHP	January 20, 1972

An earlier wooden structure commonly known as the "Hickory Church" (circa mid-1750s)^[3] was shared with Grace Church on the plantation of Jacob Fulenwiler, the current site of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. When Fulenwiler died in 1771, both churches moved to Grace Church's current location, with Organ Church moving to its own site in 1774.^[4]

Organ Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. John B. Wells, III (June 1971). "Zion Lutheran Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
3. Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church website
4. "Grace Lower Stone Church to celebrate 225th anniversary". Salisbury Post. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.