Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Bluemont Presbyterian Church, October 2009
Location Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mile Post No. 192, near Fancy Gap, Virginia
Coordinates 36°39′27″N 80°34′22″W / 36.65750°N 80.57278°W / 36.65750; -80.57278Coordinates: 36°39′27″N 80°34′22″W / 36.65750°N 80.57278°W / 36.65750; -80.57278
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built org. 1920 1945, 1946
Architect Childress, Rev. Robert; Slate, Richard
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPS Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS
NRHP Reference # 07000219[1]
VLR # 070-5044
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 30, 2007
Designated VLR December 6, 2006[2]

Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church located near Fancy Gap, Patrick County, Virginia. It is one of the "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress. It was built between 1919 and 1950, and is a small frame church building faced in natural quartz and quartzite stone. It features a Gothic styled hexagonal bell tower. The rock facing was added to the frame building in 1946.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Randle Brim; John Kern & Michael Pulice (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.


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