Pinhook Methodist Church and Cemetery

The Pinhook Methodist Church and Cemetery are located in New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana at Wozniak Road with State Road 2. Known as the village of Pinhook, formerly New Durham. The village is mostly residential along the south side of State Road 2. The site includes the Pinhook Methodist Church (1847), the Pinhook Cemetery (1850), the cemetery storage shed (ca. 1900), and the old pump (ca. 1930).Methodist ChurchThe frame church building constructed as a one-room, single story clapboard structure in a simple Greek Revival style in 1847. An early vestibule addition was constructed on the front of the building, ca. 1880, inset from the main building facade. The building sits on an orange/red brick foundation rising about 2ft above grade. The roof has wood shingles. A brick chimney extends from the ridge of the roof near the front of the main building. The building siding and trim is painted white with dark green windows, shutters and front door.The front (south) facade is symmetrically with the vestibule projecting from the main building. Above the front door is a wood sign with the name of the church and year of construction. The corner boards on the main building, in keeping with the Greek-Revival style however, terminate at the horizontal entablature wrapping around from the east and west facades, with decorative trim making the appearance of a pilaster cap. The frieze board of the gable then extends up the face of the gable from this horizontal detail. A cove trim piece is located at the juncture of the frieze board and wood soffit of the eave.Pinhook CemeteryThe Pinhook Cemetery, established in 1850, is divided into four sections with a single gravel road entering off of State Road 2 near the intersection of Wozniak Road and exiting onto Wozniak Road on its east boundary. It is bordered by State Road 2 on the south, Wozniak Road on the east, and agricultural tilled lands on the north and west. The church is located in its southwest corner. State Road 2 forms a gentle curve northward from the west edge of the cemetery to Wozniak Road. The cemetery is fenced on the east side, and partially on the south side, by a white vinyl picket fence. Newer brick piers flank the entrance and exit. Several mature deciduous and cedar trees are located in the cemetery.