Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church
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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°WCoordinates: 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 # | 73001993[1] |
| VLR # | 007-0033 |
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| 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] which 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-built Greek Revival building is its third building, and is significant architecturally for being designed by Robert Lewis Dabney who pastored 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 is credited with design of 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
- 1 2 3 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ "Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church - History". Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- 1 2 3 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
