Silverbrook Methodist Church

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Silverbrook Methodist Church
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Silverbrook Methodist Church, September 2012
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Location8616 Silverbrook Rd., VA 600, Lorton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°43′32″N77°14′35″W / 38.72556°N 77.24306°W / 38.72556; -77.24306 Coordinates: 38°43′32″N77°14′35″W / 38.72556°N 77.24306°W / 38.72556; -77.24306
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1908 (1908)
ArchitectGrimsley, A.W.; Harrover, Robert L.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 03001438 [1]
VLR No.029-5018
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 2004
Designated VLRSeptember 10, 2003 [2]

Silverbrook Methodist Church, also known as Silverbrook United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was built between 1906 and 1908, and is a rectangular, one-story, one-room, gable-front, frame structure with a projecting front vestibule topped by a bell tower. It is in the Late Gothic Revival style and measures approximately 24 feet by 40 feet. Also on the property is a contributing church cemetery dated to 1911. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. John C. Wilson (September 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Silverbrook Methodist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos