A stylized illustration of a black, leaping wolf with a prominent snout and large ears, next to the text 'ABANDONED NC' in a distressed font.

Clio Presbyterian Church

This church was founded in 1879 and closed down by it’s presbyter in 2011. If you would like to know more about it and the former community of Clio it was a part of, see my article on Clio, NC, and the sources I used for it.

This church is now private property, with the owners living directly next door, within easy view of the church. There are also several other houses nearby where neighbors can easily see you.
At the time of this post, there is a massive bee hive in one of the walls, and the bees tend to be all around the building’s exterior.
In short, enjoy the pictures, but please don’t go there yourself.

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3 responses to “Clio Presbyterian Church”

  1. Clio, North Carolina – Abandoned NC

    […] that catapulted me into this search can be found on the ephemera page.Also, if you would like to see more pictures of the church, it will have it’s own page and will be linked from the locations […]

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  2. J. Neal Biggers, Jr. Avatar
    J. Neal Biggers, Jr.

    Thank you for your research and your sharing of this information and these photos. My father was the Rev. James N. Biggers, one of the preachers at Clio who was mentioned in Mr. Stonestreet’s article about the closing of the church in 2011. I was a young child from around 1964-1968 when Dad was pastor at New Salem Presbyterian Church west of Stony Point. I vaguely remember hearing him talk about going to preach at Clio, in addition to his duties at New Salem. If I ever went with him to the Clio church it must have been only rarely as I have no memories of it. I wish I did have some memories of the place as it looks like a fascinating piece of North Carolina history.

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  3. Raymond Horn, Statesville's Teenage Magician.

    […] Horn preaching at Clio Presbyterian Church. […]

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