Big Spring Baptist Church (Elliston, Virginia) Explained

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.

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. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Big Spring Baptist Church. Gibson Worsham. June 1988. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo