Earlysville Union Church Explained

Earlysville Union Church
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 17, 1997[1]
Designated Other1 Number:002-0449
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.1569°N -78.4833°W
Built:1833, 1880
Architecture:Early Republic, Early Classical Revival
Added:December 11, 1997
Refnum:97001504

Earlysville Union Church, also known as Earlysville Free Union Church, is a historic church located on VA 743, northwest of the junction with VA 633 in Earlysville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built in 1833, and is a one-story, frame building with weatherboard siding and a gable roof on a low stone foundation. Entrance to the building is by two doors on the south gable end. It measures approximately 50 feet long by 30 feet wide. The building was originally one room; a small vestibule with flanking rooms for Sunday School rooms was partitioned off around 1880. It is a rare surviving example of interdenominational churches constructed at the beginning of the 19th century in Albemarle County. It was used the Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians until the turn of the 20th century. The building continued in use as aninterdenominational Sunday School for the community until 1977. In 1995, the building underwent restoration.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. 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 Form: Earlysville Union Church . Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Sylvia L. Jones. April 1997. and Accompanying photo