Big Spring Baptist Church (Elliston, Virginia)

Big Spring Baptist Church

Big Spring Baptist Church, September 2013
Location VA 631, 0.1 mi. E of US 460/11, Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates 37°12′55″N 80°13′30″W / 37.21528°N 80.22500°W / 37.21528; -80.22500Coordinates: 37°12′55″N 80°13′30″W / 37.21528°N 80.22500°W / 37.21528; -80.22500
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built c. 1880 (1880)
Built by Pepper, Joseph
Architectural style Nave plan
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP Reference # 89001809[1]
VLR # 060-0435
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1989
Designated VLR June 20, 1989[2]

Big Spring Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built about 1880, and is a one-story, four-bay, nave plan frame structure with a high gable roof. It features a projecting three-stage central tower. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery where the deceased members of most of the area's African-American families are buried.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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. Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Big Spring Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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