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Silverbrook Methodist Church

Coordinates: 38°43′32″N 77°14′35″W / 38.72556°N 77.24306°W / 38.72556; -77.24306
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Silverbrook Methodist Church
Silverbrook Methodist Church, September 2012
Silverbrook Methodist Church is located in Northern Virginia
Silverbrook Methodist Church
Silverbrook Methodist Church is located in Virginia
Silverbrook Methodist Church
Silverbrook Methodist Church is located in the United States
Silverbrook Methodist Church
Location8616 Silverbrook Rd., VA 600, Lorton, Virginia
Coordinates38°43′32″N 77°14′35″W / 38.72556°N 77.24306°W / 38.72556; -77.24306
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1908 (1908)
ArchitectGrimsley, A.W.; Harrover, Robert L.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.03001438[1]
VLR No.029-5018
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 2004
Designated VLRSeptember 10, 2003[2]

Silverbrook Methodist Church, also known as Silverbrook United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was built between 1906 and 1908, and is a rectangular, one-story, one-room, gable-front, frame structure with a projecting front vestibule topped by a bell tower. It is in the Late Gothic Revival style and measures approximately 24 feet by 40 feet (7.3 by 12.2 meters). Also on the property is a contributing church cemetery dated to 1911.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ John C. Wilson (September 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Silverbrook Methodist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos