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Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse

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Built
  
1850 (1850)-1851

NRHP Reference #
  
79003076

Designated VLR
  
December 19, 1978

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Built by
  
Miller, Henry

VLR #
  
078-0033

Area
  
4,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
24 May 1979

Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse

Location
  
Southeast of Washington on VA 626, near Washington, Virginia

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.

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

References

Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse Wikipedia