Ephphatha Church

	Ephphatha Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	220 W. Geer St.; Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°0′20″N 78°53′53″W / 36.00556°N 78.89806°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1930
Architect	Carr, George W., Sr.
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Durham MRA
NRHP reference No.	85001778
Added to NRHP	August 09, 1985

Ephphatha Church, also known as Faith Tabernacle, is a historic Episcopal church at 220 W. Geer Street in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1930, and is a small, one-story, six-bay deep, Gothic Revival style brick building. It is one of only four churches in the United States built exclusively for a deaf congregation. The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina rented the Ephphatha Church building to another congregation from 1977 until early 1981, then sold the building.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

In 2017, the church was purchased by American architect Phil Freelon and his wife Nnenna. It now operates as a 501 (c)3 arts organization, NorthStar Church of the Arts, presenting work by artists of color and those with historically limited access to arts experiences.^[3] Their hallmark program is a monthly queer-affirming, inclusive Sunday Service that uses art as a healing modality. ^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Patricia S. Dickinson. "Ephphatha Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
^ Tullis, Eric (27 February 2019). "A Historic Durham Church Is Reborn as a Visionary Arts Space Bridging the Secular and Spiritual". Indy Week.
^ "Sunday Service". NorthStar Church of the Arts.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv-2] Patricia S. Dickinson. "Ephphatha Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

[3] Tullis, Eric (27 February 2019). "A Historic Durham Church Is Reborn as a Visionary Arts Space Bridging the Secular and Spiritual". Indy Week.

[4] "Sunday Service". NorthStar Church of the Arts.

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