Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery
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Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery | |
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| Location | West of Ceres on State Route 42, near Ceres, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°0′58″N 81°20′59″W / 37.01611°N 81.34972°WCoordinates: 37°0′58″N 81°20′59″W / 37.01611°N 81.34972°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1817, 1883 |
| NRHP Reference # | 79003030[1] |
| VLR # | 010-0040 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | June 21, 1978[2] |
Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery is a historic Lutheran church and cemetery located near Ceres, Bland County, Virginia. The church was built in 1883, and is a one-story, frame church, four bays long, with round-arched, stained-glass windows and a gable roof. It features a projecting square tower with a bell-cast pyramidal roof and cross finial on the entrance facade. The adjacent cemetery was established in 1817, and includes a collection of rare Germanic gravestones which are stylistically related to those found in the outlying churches of the Wythe County German settlements.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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