Cokesbury Church
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Cokesbury Church | |
Cokesbury Methodist Church, April 2013 | |
Location | 13 Market St., Onancock, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°42′50″N 75°45′9″W / 37.71389°N 75.75250°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1854, 1886, 1892-1894 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 04001265[1] |
VLR No. | 273-0001-0171 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 27, 2004 |
Designated VLR | September 8, 2004[2] |
Cokesbury United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at 13 Market Street in Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1854, as a one-story, Greek Revival-style temple-front frame church. It was enlarged with a four-story, Gothic Revival entrance / bell tower with spire in 1886 and remodeled in 1892–1894. Surrounding the church on two sides is the church cemetery containing a selection of marble tombstones.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] It is located in the Onancock Historic District.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
- ^ Paul Baker Touart (June 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cokesbury Church" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photos
Categories:
- Methodist churches in Virginia
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Virginia
- Churches completed in 1854
- 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Accomack County, Virginia
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Accomack County, Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- 1854 establishments in Virginia
- Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Accomack County, Virginia geography stubs
- Virginia church stubs