Hawfields Presbyterian Church

{{short description|Historic church in North Carolina, United States}}

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| name = Hawfields Presbyterian Church

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| image = Hawfields Presbyterian Church 01.jpg

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| location = SW of Mebane on NC 119, near Mebane, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|36|3|28|N|79|18|23|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = 1852-1855

| architecture = Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival

| added = December 15, 1978

| area = {{convert|9|acre}}

| refnum = 78001926{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Hawfields Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church complex located near Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. The congregation was established by settlers in the 1700s. The complex consists of the original church building, the classroom to the rear of it, the Session House, and the cemetery. The current Greek Revival-style Flemish bond brick church building was constructed between 1852 and 1855.{{Cite web |author1=Catherine W. Bishir |author2=Michael Souther |author3=Jim Sumner | title = Hawfields Presbyterian Church| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = n.d.| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/AM0007.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-08-01}}[http://hawfieldschurch.com/ Hawfields Presbyterian Church website]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

In the cemetery "a plaque...hangs 'in memory of the faithful slaves' who once worshipped there and are buried nearby."{{cite news

|title='Loyal Slave' Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History

|first=Kali

|last=Holloway

|date=March 25, 2019

|magazine=The Nation

|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/loyal-slave-confederate-monuments-civil-war-slavery/

|access-date=August 23, 2019

|archive-date=November 15, 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115105301/https://www.thenation.com/article/loyal-slave-confederate-monuments-civil-war-slavery/

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