Big Spring Baptist Church (Elliston, Virginia)

Big Spring Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Big Spring Baptist Church, September 2013
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Location	VA 631, 0.1 mi. E of US 460/11, Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates	37°12′55″N80°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 No.	89001809 [1]
VLR No.	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. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 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