Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 6, 2006[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 070-5044 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mile Post No. 192, near Fancy Gap, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.6575°N -80.5728°W |
Built: | org. 1920 1945, 1946 |
Architect: | Childress, Rev. Robert; Slate, Richard |
Architecture: | Gothic Revival |
Added: | March 30, 2007 |
Mpsub: | Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS |
Refnum: | 07000219 |
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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.