Hawfields Presbyterian Church

{{short description|Historic church in North Carolina, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Hawfields Presbyterian Church | nrhp_type = | image = Hawfields Presbyterian Church 01.jpg | caption = | 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<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}

'''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.<ref name = nrhpinv>{{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}}</ref><ref name="hawfieldschurch.com">[http://hawfieldschurch.com/ Hawfields Presbyterian Church website]</ref>

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>

In the cemetery "a plaque...hangs 'in memory of the faithful slaves' who once worshipped there and are buried nearby."<ref>{{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/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

David Ealy has served as the church's pastor since October, 2010.<ref name="hawfieldschurch.com"/>

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==External links== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://hawfieldschurch.com/ Official website]

Category:Presbyterian churches in North Carolina Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Category:Churches completed in 1855 Category:19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Category:Churches in Mebane, North Carolina Category:National Register of Historic Places in Alamance County, North Carolina Category:Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina