Opequon Presbyterian Church
Opequon Presbyterian Church | |
Location | 217 Opequon Church Ln., near Winchester, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°8′20″N 78°11′43″W / 39.13889°N 78.19528°WCoordinates: 39°8′20″N 78°11′43″W / 39.13889°N 78.19528°W |
Area | 5.3 acres (2.1 ha) |
Built | 1742, 1897 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 01000145[1] |
VLR No. | 034-0009 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 16, 2001 |
Designated VLR | December 6, 2000[2] |
Opequon Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Winchester, in Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a one-story, gable-roofed, random-rubble stone church. It features Gothic-arched colored-glass, one-over-one windows and a three-stage corner bell tower containing an entrance. Also on the property are four burying grounds (one contributing) with the oldest marked grave site dated to 1742.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
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Opequon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, May 2016
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Helen Lee Fletcher and C. Langdon Gordon (August 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Opequon Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Presbyterian churches in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Virginia
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Virginia
- Victorian architecture in Virginia
- Churches completed in 1897
- Churches in Frederick County, Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Frederick County, Virginia geography stubs
- Virginia church stubs