Let’s Save Brevard’s Chapel

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2026 HEARTS Season

Happy New Year from HEARTS!

2025 was an incredible year for HEARTS. Our robust slate of HEARTS Happenings once again blended local history, art, and nature into captivating place-based programs, in and around Huntersville, with a nod to the fearless residents of our region and their incredible contributions to the American Revolution.
Pictured right, David Fleming and Scott Syfert, featured speakers at HEARTS “Let Freedom Spring,” in May 2025, sharing Mecklenburg County’s Revolutionary leaders, live music, and “Creatures of the Springs” nature and art.

In 2026, we will continue spotlighting local connections to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. HEARTS looks forward to sharing these exciting, real, local connections and contributions with you soon, and when we do, you can expect to encounter history, nature, live music, and the arts intertwined throughout!

However, HEARTS Collaborative does much more than just provide free, top-notch community programming. HEARTS is also an active force in local historic preservation by protecting, connecting, and supporting other special local places. When you support HEARTS, you support these efforts.

The clock is ticking to save Brevard’s Chapel! You can help save this special place!

Don’t Let Our History Be Erased

The most critical project for 2026 is saving Brevard’s Chapel in Lincoln County. Last February, it was announced that the chapel would be demolished. HEARTS in collaboration with many local organizations successfully brokered a pause in the demolition, but we must make progress toward the $650,000 goal, or our efforts will be lost. **This is a real-time, tangible opportunity to save an iconic landmark in the Lake Norman/Charlotte region and create a sustainable historic destination for the Denver community in the future.** For all of you who have ever felt a desire to preserve our special old places and the stories they hold, this is your chance. We’ve got six months to show significant progress. Please support this campaign; together we can do this!
*Historic photo of Brevard’s Chapel courtesy of the Lincoln County Historical Association.*

Save the date for March 28, 2026, for a stellar HEARTS gala to save Brevard’s Chapel, presenting history, nature, and the arts at the privately owned historic Machpelah Presbyterian Church, which was recently granted National Register status. Sponsor tables and benefits are available now, with limited individual tickets available in February. Email Abigail@heartscircle.org for more details.

This is the time to help; please do not wait. It’s either now, or there will be no more Brevard’s Chapel in the future. By saving this rare artifact, a priceless Carpenter Gothic gem, we are sharing history through a visible and vital connection to the past. If erased, a legacy is lost. Saving Brevard’s Chapel now is our only chance to preserve this very special place, as well as the landscape on Campground Road in Denver.