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Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

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Built
  
org. 1920 1945, 1946

VLR #
  
070-5044

Area
  
4,900 m²

NRHP Reference #
  
07000219

Designated VLR
  
December 6, 2006

Added to NRHP
  
30 March 2007

Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Location
  
Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mile Post No. 192, near Fancy Gap, Virginia

MPS
  
Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS

Address
  
47 Hiriam Stanley Ln, Hillsville, VA 24343, USA

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
Mayberry Presbyterian Church, Blue Ridge Mountains, Buffalo Mountain Natural A, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountain

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Wikipedia