Big Spring Baptist Church (Elliston, Virginia) facts for kids
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Big Spring Baptist Church
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Big Spring Baptist Church, September 2013
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 Location in Virginia
Location in the United States
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| Location | VA 631, 0.1 mi. E of US 460/11, Elliston, Virginia |
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| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | c. 1880 |
| Built by | Pepper, Joseph |
| Architectural style | Nave plan |
| MPS | Montgomery County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001809 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1989 |
Big Spring Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built about 1880, and is a one-story, four-bay, nave plan frame structure with a high gable roof. It features a projecting three-stage central tower. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery where the deceased members of most of the area's African-American families are buried.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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