Graves Chapel and Cemetery explained

Graves Chapel and Cemetery
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 20, 2008[1]
Designated Other1 Number:303-0015
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:457 Chapel Rd., Stanley, Virginia
Coordinates:38.5767°N -78.4881°W
Built:, c. 1870
Architecture:Gothic Revival, Late Victorian
Added:May 29, 2008
Refnum:08000481

Graves Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Graves Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Stanley, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is a simple one-story, frame church building. It was enlarged about 1870. The center entry and flanking windows on the front gable end have Gothic Revival lancet arches and the gable roof is topped by and open belfry. Also on the property are the contributing church cemetery with burials dating to 1860, and the parsonage, a two-story frame residence built about 1893.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Graves Chapel and Cemetery. J. Daniel Pezzoni w/ contributions by Michael Salvino, Charles Ballard, Darryl Nash & Robert Smith. December 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos