Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery

Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery
Location NW of Rural Retreat, near Rural Retreat, Virginia
Coordinates 36°55′3″N 81°18′17″W / 36.91750°N 81.30472°W / 36.91750; -81.30472Coordinates: 36°55′3″N 81°18′17″W / 36.91750°N 81.30472°W / 36.91750; -81.30472
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1800 (1800)
NRHP Reference # 80004231[1]
VLR # 098-0049
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 26, 1980
Designated VLR December 20, 1977[2]

Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery is a historic Lutheran cemetery and national historic district located near Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia. The cemetery includes approximately about 50 early Germanic sandstone monuments dating from 1800 to 1850. The associated Kimberling Lutheran Church was built in 1913, and is a large frame structure with two unequal-sized towers.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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