Bethel Memorial Church Explained

Bethel Memorial Church
Designated Other1:	Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:	April 18, 1989^[1]
Designated Other1 Number:	021-0035
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Location:	Co. Rt. 622, White Post, Virginia
Coordinates:	39.0289°N -78.0469°W
Built:	-1836
Architecture:	Federal
Added:	February 7, 1991
Refnum:	89001927

Bethel Memorial Church, also known as Bethel Baptist Memorial Church, is a historic Baptist church building located at White Post, Clarke County, Virginia. It replaced an earlier log Quaker meeting house, used by the Baptist congregation from 1808. Bethel was built between 1833 and 1836, and is a two-story, rectangular brick church in the Federal style. It has a front gable roof. The interior features many well-preserved elements including oil lamps installed in 1874 and grain painted pews. The front of the church features separate entrance doors for men and women. Also on the property is a contributing church cemetery.^{[2] [3]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

The Bethel Memorial, Incorporated

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: Bethel Memorial Church . Elizabeth W. Reane. April 1994 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo
3. Book: Lee . Anne Carter . Buildings of Virginia, Valley, Piedmont, Southside and Southwest . 2015 . University of Virginia Press . 978-0-8139-3565-2 . 58–59.