Rocky Run Methodist Church
Appearance
Rocky Run Methodist Church | |
Facade | |
Location | VA 616, 1.8 mi. E of jct. with VA 46, Alberta, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°55′55″N 77°56′22″W / 36.93194°N 77.93944°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1857 |
Architect | Jefferson, Thomas (of Lynchburg) |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 95000828[1] |
VLR No. | 012-0029 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 07, 1995 |
Designated VLR | April 28, 1995[2] |
Rocky Run Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church in Alberta, Brunswick County, Virginia. It was built in 1857, and is a one-story, frame Greek Revival style building. It has a two-room plan consisting of a narrow narthex and a nave. The front facade features a Roman Doric distyle pedimented porch, which frames the paired, four panel door church entrance. Also on the property is a contributing privy and church cemetery.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ James and Marilyn Melchor; Caroline C. Fisher (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rocky Run Methodist Church" (PDF).
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Categories:
- Methodist churches in Virginia
- Greek Revival church buildings in Virginia
- Churches completed in 1857
- 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Brunswick County, Virginia
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Brunswick County, Virginia
- 1857 establishments in Virginia
- Southern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Brunswick County, Virginia geography stubs
- Virginia church stubs