Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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| Location | 2102 Childress Rd., near Willis, Virginia |
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| Area | 3.2 acres (1.3 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 07000229[1] |
| VLR # | 017-5016 |
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| Added to NRHP | March 30, 2007 |
| Designated VLR | December 6, 2006[2] |
Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church located near Willis, Floyd County, Virginia. It was the first of the 5 "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress It was built in 1929, and is a rock-faced frame building with a nave plan and front and rear transepts. The nave measures 33 feet wide and 80 feet long. It has a steeply-pitched gable roof covered with standing seam sheet metal. The contributing Cemetery has a continuous wall of mortared quartzitic fieldstones, matching the church exterior.[3][4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
See also
- Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
- Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
- Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
- Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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References
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- ↑ http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/196542 Roanoke Times March 4, 2009
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