Bedford Historic Meetinghouse Explained

Bedford Historic Meetinghouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 20, 1977[1]
Designated Other1 Number:141-0005
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:153 W. Main St., Bedford, Virginia
Coordinates:37.3347°N -79.5256°W
Built:1838
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:January 31, 1978
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:78003182

Bedford Historic Meetinghouse, also known as Methodist Meetinghouse and St. Philip's Episcopal Church, is a historic meeting house located at 153 W. Main Street in Bedford, Virginia. It was built in 1838, and is a brick building measuring 38 feet by 58 feet and in the Greek Revival style. It features a shallow, pedimented gable roof topped by a square belfry with a stubby, tapered spire. It was built as Bedford's first Methodist Church and houses the headquarters of the Bedford Historical Society.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bedford Historic Meetinghouse . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . August 1977 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120926203740/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Bedford/141-0005_Bedford_Historic_Meetinghouse_1978_Final_Nomination.pdf . 2012-09-26 . and Accompanying photo