Big Spring Baptist Church | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | June 20, 1989[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 060-0435 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | VA 631, 0.1 mi. E of US 460/11, Elliston, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.2153°N -80.225°W |
Built: | c. |
Builder: | Pepper, Joseph |
Architecture: | Nave plan |
Added: | November 13, 1989 |
Refnum: | 89001809 |
Big Spring Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built about 1880, and is a one-story, four-bay, nave plan frame structure with a high gable roof. It features a projecting three-stage central tower. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery where the deceased members of most of the area's African-American families are buried.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.