6510 US 70 W. / EAST MEBANE PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL

This building has been described as the library and/or the "Old Bingham School Kitchen" from the nearby Bingham School [1]; looking at photos of the school, it appears that it was a rear addition to "Midlawn," which was the school's president's house (a.k.a the Bingham House). The structure appears to have been built sometime between 1885 and 1900.

In August 1943, Norman and Besie Wood conveyed this property/lot to the trustees of Mebane Presbyterian Church [2]. The church then purchased the structure from the Dorsett family [3]. On December 2, 1943, the structure was moved from its original location at the Bingham School to this lot, and was used as the East Mebane Presbyterian's Sunday School building [4].

Part of the rear "ell" of the structure was the original Sunday School building, which the church had outgrown. The structure was later (by the 1950s) used for prayer meetings [5].

The structure in its original location at the Bingham School, circa 1905 (indicated by red arrow)

(All the above photos were via Phil Mace, via Peter Sandbeck/OCDEAPR)

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