Hebron Lutheran Church Explained

Hebron Lutheran Church
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 2, 1971[1]
Designated Other1 Number:056-0006
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1 mi. NE of Madison off U.S. 29, Madison, Virginia
Coordinates:38.4072°N -78.2475°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Colonial
Added:July 2, 1971
Refnum:71000986

Hebron Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church located in the countryside northeast of Madison, Madison County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1740, with the south wing added about 1800. It is a one-story, T-shaped, frame building on a stone foundation. The original section measures 50 feet by 26 feet. The building was renovated in 1850 and, in 1885, the flat ceilings were adorned with decorative frescoes of rich Victorian patterns by Giuseppe Oddenino. The building was renovated again in 1961.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

In 1802, a new pipe organ made by David Tannenberg, perhaps America's most renowned early builder of pipe organs, was installed in the Hebron Lutheran Church. As the largest remaining and virtually unaltered example of Tannenberg's or any other extant organs from the colonial period, it is of special importance in American organbuilding history. It, like the church wherein it is located, are special examples of American history.

Pastors

The following pastors have served Hebron Lutheran Church.

External links

1 photo, 4 measured drawings, and 17 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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: Hebron Lutheran Church. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff. January 1971. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo