Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 6, 2006[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 017-5016 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 2102 Childress Rd., near Willis, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.7775°N -80.5175°W |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | March 30, 2007 |
Mpsub: | Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS |
Refnum: | 07000229 |
Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church located near Willis, Floyd County, Virginia. It was the first of the 5 "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress.[2] It was built in 1929, and is a rock-faced frame building with a nave plan and front and rear transepts. The nave measures 33 feet wide and 80 feet long. It has a steeply-pitched gable roof covered with standing seam sheet metal. The contributing Cemetery has a continuous wall of mortared quartzitic fieldstones, matching the church exterior.[3] [4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.