Mt. Vernon Methodist Church Explained

Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 16, 1985[1]
Designated Other1 Number:084-0013
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Rt. 614, Maces Spring, Virginia
Coordinates:36.6764°N -82.3875°W
Architecture:Scott's County Vernacular
Added:June 12, 1985
Refnum:85001413

Mt. Vernon Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church in Maces Spring, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1895 and is a one-story, rectangular frame structure with gable roof and simple wooden steeple. The church is most notable for its association with the Carter Family, a traditional American Country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Behind the church is the cemetery containing the graves of Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter (1891–1960) and his wife Sara Dougherty Carter (1898–1979).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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: Mt. Vernon Methodist Church . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. February 1985. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo