Venue Accessibility Information
Please note: this is an ongoing project; this page will be updated with more detailed information as it becomes available.
If you host a shape note event in North Carolina and would like to submit your venue accessibility details for publication here, please use our contact form.
If you host a shape note event in North Carolina and would like to submit your venue accessibility details for publication here, please use our contact form.
Durham
Durham Friends Meeting House (photos)
Five Oaks Seventh-day Adventist Church (photos)
Old Murphey School (photos)
Note: further accessibility will be added when available
The school is fully accessible with plenty of level parking on pavement or gravel, a gentle ramp for entry, and a dedicated ADA bathroom.
Perfect Lovers
Singing takes place on the main level which may be accessed via ramp or stairs from the gravel parking lot in the rear of the building. An accessible restroom is available on the same level.
Pleasant Green Community Center (photos)
There is a ramp from the gravel parking lot into the venue which is all 1 level. Bathroom door opening is narrow (29” wide).
- Parking: The paved parking area has 1 accessible parking spot which is beside the walkway to the building. There are also 14 non-handicapped spots in that DFM lot, a few more spots including another handicapped spot on the uphill side of the main DFM building, and open street parking. DFM is on a hilly part of Alexander Avenue.
- Entrance: Accessed via a paved sloped walkway which is about 30 ft long to the entrance. Doorway is 36" wide.
- Singing space: Individual chairs are arranged in a hollow square on the same level as the entrance and may be reconfigured as needed.
- Bathrooms: Accessible single person bathroom across from singing room with 35" doorway. Sink is 33" high with knee room underneath. Toilet seat 17" high with grab bars beside and behind. Two additional single person accessible bathrooms are located on the same level.
Five Oaks Seventh-day Adventist Church (photos)
- Parking: The paved, level parking area includes 4 accessible parking spots, which are located 70-90' from the main entrance.
- Entrance: May be accessed via ramp or stairs. Doorway is > 36" wide.
- Singing space: Individual chairs are arranged in a hollow square on the same level as the entrance and may be reconfigured as needed.
- Bathrooms: Accessible, gendered bathrooms are located on the same level as the singing space and entrance. Both bathrooms have doorways that are 34" wide, and sinks that are 33.5" high with knee room underneath. Both bathrooms have a large stall (approximately 60"x90") with grab bars behind and alongside the toilet, and a toilet seat that is 18" high.
Old Murphey School (photos)
Note: further accessibility will be added when available
The school is fully accessible with plenty of level parking on pavement or gravel, a gentle ramp for entry, and a dedicated ADA bathroom.
Perfect Lovers
Singing takes place on the main level which may be accessed via ramp or stairs from the gravel parking lot in the rear of the building. An accessible restroom is available on the same level.
Pleasant Green Community Center (photos)
There is a ramp from the gravel parking lot into the venue which is all 1 level. Bathroom door opening is narrow (29” wide).
Raleigh
Mordecai Historic Park, Visitor Center (photos)
- Parking: Parking is available on Cedar Street. The Visitor Center at the corner of Cedar St and Wake Forest Road has two handicapped parking spots.
- Entrance: May be accessed via ramp or stairs.
- Singing space: Individual chairs are arranged in a hollow square on the same level as the entrance and may be reconfigured as needed.
- Bathrooms: The visitor center has accessible bathrooms. In addition, several single-stall bathrooms (including two accessible bathrooms) are located in separate buildings on the property (80-100' from the visitor center) and do not require stairs. The accessible bathrooms have an entry door at least 32" wide, interior space that is at least 56"x60", a toilet 17-19" high with grab bars alongside and behind, and a sink that is 34" high with knee room underneath.
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
- Parking: Pullen has a couple of small parking lots and attendees may utilize street parking (see map). There are three accessible parking spaces in the parking lot near the accessible entrance outside of Finlator Hall, about 60' from the entrance. We can also reserve additional accessible spaces; please contact [email protected] if this would be helpful to you.
- Entrance: The entrance to Finlator Hall (where lunch takes place) is on the same level as the parking lot and is accessed via a paved walkway. The entrance to the chapel (where singing takes place) may be accessed via a ramp or stairs from Cox Ave., or by taking the elevator up from Finlator Hall to an outdoor breezeway (about 100' long) connecting to the chapel.
- Singing space: Individual chairs are arranged in a hollow square on the same level as the entrance and may be reconfigured as needed.
- Bathrooms: There is one accessible single-occupancy restroom in the chapel (where singing takes place), and two on the ground floor of Finlator Hall (where lunch takes place). All three are on the same level as the entrance, have an entry door at least 32" wide, interior space that is at least 56"x60", a toilet 17-19" high with grab bars alongside and behind, and a sink that is 34" high with knee room underneath.
Winston-Salem
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
We sing in the Fellowship Hall, accessible from the back parking lot of the church. There are two handicap parking spots in the back parking lot and a long concrete ramp to get to the back door (ascending the height of one flight of ~10 steps). The door threshold is the same level as the stair/ramp landing.
There is a short hallway between the exterior door and the Fellowship Hall, all on the same level. Accessible bathrooms are also available on the same level, on the far side of the Fellowship Hall. Occasionally the church leaves folding tables and chairs in the Fellowship Hall in a way that does not leave a large clear path -- we do our best to move these out of the way before a singing and are happy to adjust more in the moment if a wider path is needed.
We sing in the Fellowship Hall, accessible from the back parking lot of the church. There are two handicap parking spots in the back parking lot and a long concrete ramp to get to the back door (ascending the height of one flight of ~10 steps). The door threshold is the same level as the stair/ramp landing.
There is a short hallway between the exterior door and the Fellowship Hall, all on the same level. Accessible bathrooms are also available on the same level, on the far side of the Fellowship Hall. Occasionally the church leaves folding tables and chairs in the Fellowship Hall in a way that does not leave a large clear path -- we do our best to move these out of the way before a singing and are happy to adjust more in the moment if a wider path is needed.
2025 Double All-Day Locations
Fries Memorial Moravian Church and the Moravian Music Foundation Archive Building
Please see the venue accessibility reference for information about parking and building access for the two convention locations. Contact Corinne Serfass ([email protected]) with any questions or feedback.
Fries Memorial Moravian Church and the Moravian Music Foundation Archive Building
Please see the venue accessibility reference for information about parking and building access for the two convention locations. Contact Corinne Serfass ([email protected]) with any questions or feedback.