The town of Waynesville, North Carolina, has been devastated by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. When I drove through a few weeks ago on a Labor Day weekend road trip, I immediately stopped to photograph the Carpenter Gothic twin towers. It’s a gorgeous church that sits on a hill. Based on its location, it may have escaped the flooding.

The church was built in 1907 and is a part of the historic Black community, Pigeon Street.