Big Spring Baptist Church (Elliston, Virginia)

	Big Spring Baptist Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Big Spring Baptist Church, September 2013
Location	VA 631, 0.1 mi. E of US 460/11, Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates	37°12′55″N 80°13′30″W / 37.21528°N 80.22500°W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	c. 1880
Built by	Pepper, Joseph
Architectural style	Nave plan
MPS	Montgomery County MPS
NRHP reference No.	89001809
VLR No.	060-0435
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1989
Designated VLR	June 20, 1989

Big Spring Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built about 1880, and is a one-story, four-bay, nave plan frame structure with a high gable roof. It features a projecting three-stage central tower. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery where the deceased members of most of the area's African-American families are buried.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Big Spring Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[vaNRHPnom-3] Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Big Spring Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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