The Church on Beaver Creek

The Klapp Church (Der Klapp Kirche)

The Brick Church

The actual beginning of the church dates back to the mid 1740's when George Valentine Clapp, and later his brother John Ludwig Clapp, came to the Beaver Creek area of North Carolina from Pennsylvania. The church was a German Reformed Church. The name of the church changed several times. The Church on Beaver Creek was the first name; The Klapp Church (Der Klapp Kirche) was the second name; and The Brick Church was the third name, given to it after construction began about 1813.

view from cemetery

view of front

entrance to cemetery

first floor

balcony

Brick Church Cemetery

memorial stone - 1704 date is probably wrong

For more information on the Brick Church go to

Susan Leach Synder's website