Buck Mountain Episcopal Church Explained

Buck Mountain Episcopal Church
Other Name:Buck Mountain Church
Type:church
Location:4133 Earlysville Rd (VA 743), Earlysville, Virginia (Charlottesville vicinity)
Built:1747
Restored:1860
Coordinates:38.1531°N -78.4803°W
Designation1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designation1 Date:August 15, 1972[1]
Designation1 Number:002-0145
Architecture:Greek Revival

Buck Mountain Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located on VA 743, northwest of the junction with VA 633 in Earlysville, Virginia. It is a rare surviving example of the simple wooden Anglican parish churches scattered through Virginia in the colonial period, and it is considered one of the finest surviving examples of rural Virginia Greek Revival churches.[2] One of three churches erected to serve Frederick Parish, the original building was completed between 1747 and 1750.[3] The church was moved to its present site (approximately one mile from its original location) in 1860. Buck Mountain is now a parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

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  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . 2017-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170627142023/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/registermasterlist.pdf# . 2017-06-27 . dead .
  2. Web site: Buck Mountain Episcopal Church, State Route 743, Earlysville, Albemarle County, VA. Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey. 18 October 2012.
  3. Web site: Chronology of Important Events in the Life of Buck Mountain Church. 26 September 2017.