Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse

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Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse

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Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse in May, 2016
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Location Southeast of Washington on VA 626, near Washington, Virginia
Coordinates 38°39′18″N78°7′47″W / 38.65500°N 78.12972°W / 38.65500; -78.12972 Coordinates: 38°39′18″N78°7′47″W / 38.65500°N 78.12972°W / 38.65500; -78.12972
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1850 (1850)-1851
Built by Miller, Henry
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 79003076 [1]
VLR # 078-0033
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 24, 1979
Designated VLR December 19, 1978 [2]

Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse, also known as Mount Salem Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist meeting house located near Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It was built in 1850–1851, and is a one-story, stuccoed stone building. It measures 40 feet by 50 feet and is topped by a gable roof. The church was restored and put into active service in 1977, after closure in 1942. [3]

Meeting house Building in which religious and sometimes public meetings take place

A meeting house is a building where religious and sometimes public meetings take place.

Washington, Virginia Town in Virginia

Washington is the county seat of Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States. The site of this town was surveyed by George Washington in July 1749. It was the first of what would be many American places to be named for the future first president. Its population was just 135 people at the 2010 census, down from 183 in the 2000 census. It is nicknamed Little Washington to avoid confusion with Washington, D.C., which is only 70 miles (110 km) to the east.

Rappahannock County, Virginia County in the United States

Rappahannock County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, US. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,373. Its county seat is Washington. The name "Rappahannock" comes from the Algonquian word lappihanne, meaning "river of quick, rising water" or "where the tide ebbs and flows."

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

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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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo