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Church of the Good Shepherd (Cashiers, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°5′49″N 83°5′7″W / 35.09694°N 83.08528°W / 35.09694; -83.08528
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Church of the Good Shepherd
Church Of The Good Shepherd Cashiers, January 2019
Church of the Good Shepherd (Cashiers, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Church of the Good Shepherd (Cashiers, North Carolina)
Church of the Good Shepherd (Cashiers, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Church of the Good Shepherd (Cashiers, North Carolina)
LocationNC 107 at SR 1118, Cashiers, North Carolina
Coordinates35°5′49″N 83°5′7″W / 35.09694°N 83.08528°W / 35.09694; -83.08528
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1895 (1895)
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.86000317[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 1986


The Church of the Good Shepherd is a historic Episcopal church located at 1448 Highway 107 South in Cashiers, Jackson County, North Carolina. The church reported 592 members in 2015 and 148 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $952,577. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) in 2024 was 137 persons.[2]

The church was built about 1895, and is a Gothic Revival style rectangular frame church. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a steeply pitched roof. It features three lancet windows and a bell tower with a pyramidal roof.[3] On February 20, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Current use

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The rector is the Rev. Rob Wood.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ Carolyn A. Humphries (January 1986). "Church of the Good Shepherd" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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