New Providence Presbyterian Church (Brownsburg, Virginia)

New Providence Presbyterian Church
Location NE of Brownsburg, near Brownsburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°57′5″N 79°18′10″W / 37.95139°N 79.30278°W / 37.95139; -79.30278Coordinates: 37°57′5″N 79°18′10″W / 37.95139°N 79.30278°W / 37.95139; -79.30278
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1859 (1859)
Architect Dabney, Robert L.
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 80004223[1]
VLR # 081-0046
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 26, 1980
Designated VLR February 21, 1978[2]

New Providence Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built in 1859, and is a monumental, one-story Greek Revival style brick building. Rev. Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) may have had a hand in the design of New Providence. The front facade features a central recessed portico marked by slightly projecting flanking piers and a similarly projecting pediment supported on two massive, unfluted Doric order columns. In 1926 a three-story, brick Sunday School wing was added to the rear.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New Providence Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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