Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Location 2102 Childress Rd., near Willis, Virginia
Coordinates 36°46′39″N 80°31′03″W / 36.77750°N 80.51750°W / 36.77750; -80.51750Coordinates: 36°46′39″N 80°31′03″W / 36.77750°N 80.51750°W / 36.77750; -80.51750
Area 3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built 1929 (1929)
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS
NRHP Reference # 07000229[1]
VLR # 017-5016
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 30, 2007
Designated VLR December 6, 2006[2]

Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church located near Willis, Floyd County, Virginia. It was the first of the 5 "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress It was built in 1929, and is a rock-faced frame building with a nave plan and front and rear transepts. The nave measures 33 feet wide and 80 feet long. It has a steeply-pitched gable roof covered with standing seam sheet metal. The contributing Cemetery has a continuous wall of mortared quartzitic fieldstones, matching the church exterior.[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Randle Brim, John Kern, and Michael Pulice (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying two photos
  4. http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/196542 Roanoke Times March 4, 2009


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