Mt. Tabor Baptist Church

Mt. Tabor Baptist Church

Front of the church
Location Court and Foster Sts., Lewisburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°48′6.5″N 80°26′50″W / 37.801806°N 80.44722°W / 37.801806; -80.44722Coordinates: 37°48′6.5″N 80°26′50″W / 37.801806°N 80.44722°W / 37.801806; -80.44722
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1832
Architectural style Gothic
NRHP Reference # 76001934[1]
Added to NRHP December 12, 1976

Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, also known as Big Levels Baptist Church, Lewisburg Baptist Church, and Mount Tabor Church, is a historic Baptist church at Court and Foster Streets in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a 1 1/2 story, brick meeting house building with Gothic style design elements. It measures 36 feet long by 40 feet wide and sits on a thick limestone foundation. It features a 10 feet by 16 feet frame tower, topped with an octagonal cap and belfry.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. C.E. Turley and James E. Harding (June 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Tabor Baptist Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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