St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Contributors:
John Berry, probable builder; Samuel Hancock, probable builder; William Nichols, architect
Dates:

1825-1826

Location:
Hillsborough, Orange County
Street Address:

St. Mary’s Rd., Hillsborough, NC

Status:

Standing

Type:

Religious

Images Published In:

Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina (2003).
Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas Tileston Waterman, The Early Architecture of North Carolina (1941).
C. Ford Peatross, William Nichols, Architect (1979).

Note:

Local tradition credited the design of St. Matthew’s to cleric Francis Lister Hawks; there is evidence, however, that William Nichols took a role in the design of the modest Gothic Revival brick church.