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Providence Presbyterian Church

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Area
  
15 acres (6.1 ha)

NRHP Reference #
  
73002034

Added to NRHP
  
April 13, 1973

Built
  
1747

VLR #
  
054-0061

Providence Presbyterian Church

Location
  
NW of Gum Spring off U.S. 250, near Gum Spring, Virginia

Providence Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Gum Spring, Louisa County, Virginia. It was built in 1747, and is a two-story, three bay, wood frame building measuring 50 feet, 3 inches, by 26 feet, 4 inches. It is one of the few frame churches in Virginia remaining from colonial times and was one of the first Presbyterian churches to be built in the central part of the state. Samuel Davies served as its first minister until 1759, when he assumed the presidency of Princeton University. A distinguished son of the church was Robert Lewis Dabney, noted mid-19th century Presbyterian minister and church architect.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Providence Presbyterian Church Wikipedia