Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Bluemont Presbyterian Church, October 2009
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Location	Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mile Post No. 192, near Fancy Gap, Virginia
Coordinates	36°39′27″N80°34′22″W / 36.65750°N 80.57278°W / 36.65750; -80.57278
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	org. 1920 1945, 1946
Architect	Childress, Rev. Robert; Slate, Richard
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS
NRHP reference No.	07000219 [1]
VLR No.	070-5044
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2007
Designated VLR	December 6, 2006 [2]

Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church located near Fancy Gap, Patrick County, Virginia. It is one of the "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress. It was built between 1919 and 1950, and is a small frame church building faced in natural quartz and quartzite stone. It features a Gothic styled hexagonal bell tower. The rock facing was added to the frame building in 1946. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. ^[1]

See also

• Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
• Mayberry Presbyterian Church
• Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
• Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

External links

• Stone Churches of Reverend Bob Childress ^{[ usurped ]}

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Randle Brim; John Kern & Michael Pulice (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.