Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places

Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Christiansburg, Floyd County, Virginia
Listed
March 29, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
07000227

About this property

Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery in Patrick County, Virginia. It was built in 1932, and is one of six "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress and built between 1919 and the early 1950s. The building consists of a one-story, gable-fronted rectangular form with a roughly square, Gothic Revival bell tower centered on the building's front elevation. The building was erected on a concrete block foundation, and has walls of light wood framing covered with a thick quartz and quartzite fieldstone exterior veneer. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Location

2121 Lonesome Dove Dr.
Christiansburg, Floyd County, Virginia
36.77839, -80.39186

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Sources

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When was Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2007.

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Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is recorded as the civil_war era.

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