Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Powhatan, Virginia)

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Emmanuel Church, September 2012
Location Emmanuel Church Rd. S of US 60, Powhatan, Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′36″N 77°57′17″W / 37.56000°N 77.95472°W / 37.56000; -77.95472Coordinates: 37°33′36″N 77°57′17″W / 37.56000°N 77.95472°W / 37.56000; -77.95472
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architect Davis, Alexander Jackson; Cooke, Gen. Philip St. George
Architectural style Gothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 90001924[1]
VLR # 072-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 27, 1990
Designated VLR December 12, 1989[2]

Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built between 1842 and 1850, and is a one-story, vernacular Gothic Revival brick church building painted white. It features a stepped gable parapet, a half-octagonal apse which served as a vestry, and four tall window bays interspaced with slim buttresses.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  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. Jane Covington (September 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emmanuel Episcopal Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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