Christiansburg Presbyterian Church

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Christiansburg Presbyterian Church
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Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, July 2013
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Location107 W. Main St., Christiansburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°7′42″N80°24′41″W / 37.12833°N 80.41139°W / 37.12833; -80.41139
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1853 (1853)
Built byDeyerle, David
ArchitectCrush, James E.
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 78003031 [1]
VLR No.154-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1978
Designated VLRJune 21, 1977 [2]

Christiansburg Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 107 W. Main Street in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The church was organized in 1827. [3] [4] The building was erected in 1853 and is a four bay long, brick church building with a low hipped roof. It features a three-stage tower consisting of a low, plain base, a square belfry with coupled Doric order corner pilasters, and a blind lantern stage. The whole is capped by an octagonal spire. Also on the property is the contributing former Rectory, now known as the Kinnard Smith Building and used as a parish house. [5]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is located in the Christiansburg Downtown Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Place - Christiansburg Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources.
  3. "Christiansburg Presbyterian Church Website". Archived from the original on 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  4. Pulice, Michael (2012). Nineteenth-Century Brick Architecture in the Roanoke Valley and Beyond: Discovering the True Legacies of the Deyerle Builders.
  5. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Christiansburg Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo