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NPS Form 10 - 900 - a( 8 - 86 ) OMB No . 1024 - 0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 2 Woodville Historic District Bertie County, North Carolina Resource Identity Key : Contributing (C) Noncontributing (NC) Property and Resource Types : Building (B ) Site ( S ) Structure (ST) Object (0) C NC # P & R C 1 . (S) St. Francis Methodist Church Cemetery . This rectangular lot on S . Main Street is the original site of St . Francis Methodist Church, built in 1845 . The 3 - acre lot was donated to the Methodists by Humphrey H. Hardy. Mrs . Frances Pugh, wife of William Pugh, gave $ 1 , 000 for the construction of a sanctuary . A handsome Greek Revival - Italianate building with a central entrance tower and slave gallery was built . tIn 1896 church members from Lewiston succeeded in persuading the congregation to move the church to a new site so that it was closer to the Lewiston members . Plans are now being made to move the church, now -unused , back to its original site . Approximately 75 graves stand in the plot, nicely landscaped with cedars, magnolias, and hardwoods . The earliest gravestones are a group of marble headstones from the 1850s, including one for Linney P . Clar ( 1849 - 1852), and one for Mrs . Mary A. Rawls ( 18104854) . The majority of the gravestones mark early 20th century graves ; obviously the cemetery remained in use after relocation of the church . C 2 . (B) Garris- Griffin House. 509 S . Main St. 1927 . This 1 1 /2 story brick bungalow, three bays wide, consists of a side-gabled main block with a front-gabled porch with porte- cochere extending sideways from the porch . The brick veneer walls are laid in running bond , the overhanging roof eaves are boxed , with knee brackets . Six- over- one sash, in sets of three on the main facade, illuminate the house . . The front door is glazed , with a three-pane transom . Each gable end is covered with wood;, shingles ; the front gable features a tripartite window, the side gables have regular sash . Heavy brick posts with battered upper sections and concrete trim - support the front porch and porte- cochere . The main facade also features a gabled dormer with triple sash window. . Only a few minor alterations have been made to the house . The south bay of the front porch has been screened . At the rear, two small shed-roofed rooms were added for storage . The interior remains as intact as the exterior, with original plaster and wood finish, including a Classical Revival style mantel in the living room . The room to the rear, accessible from a side porch door, was utilized by Dr . Garris as a home medical office . Its unusually wide closet contains shelves where he kept supplies . The, mantel in this room is of brick in the Craftsman style . The attic, accessible by a Craftsman- style stair in a rear hallway, contains three bedrooms , a bath, and large storage room : The house was built for Dr. Frank H. Garris, a bachelor, int. 1927 . The Johnson House stood on this site, and some of the timbers from this house were used in the Garris House framework, visible in the attic . He resided here until 1947 when he sold it to Burges and Mary Lee Grifn. Mrs . Griffin still lives here . NC 2a . (B) Garage. 1920s , altered c. 1960 . 1 - story frame building with deep hip roof, exposed rafter tails . About 1960 Burges Grim converted it .to a recreation room by enclosing the garage doors with plain weatherboard , 2/2 sash windows and a front door .