Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church
Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church | |
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| Location | VA 608, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the junction with VA 636 and VA 631, Fishersville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°05′06″N 78°58′59″W / 38.08500°N 78.98306°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Dabney,Robert Lewis |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001993[1] |
| VLR No. | 007-0033 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | January 16, 1973[2] |
The Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, is a Presbyterian church founded in 1740,[3] and is the second-oldest Presbyterian congregation in the Valley of Virginia (the Shenandoah Valley).[4] Its historic building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
The church's first building was a log structure built during 1742-1748. Its 1850 Greek Revival building is its third building, and is significant architecturally for being designed by Robert Lewis Dabney who served as pastor there from 1852-1857.[4][5] This Greek Revival building, along with two other churches designed by Dabney, is credited with influencing ecclessiastic architecture in Virginia.[4] Dabney designed at least two other NRHP-listed churches, Briery Church, in Briery, Virginia, and New Providence Presbyterian Church, near Brownsburg, Virginia.[1]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ "Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church - History". Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- ^ a b c Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and accompanying photo
- ^ "VA-W155 Tinkling Spring Church". Commonwealth of Virginia Historical Markers. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
External links
- Tinkling Springs Church, State Route 608, Fishersville, Augusta County, VA: 5 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Greek Revival churches in Virginia
- Churches completed in 1850
- Buildings and structures in Augusta County, Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Augusta County, Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Augusta County, Virginia geography stubs