Burke's Garden Central Church and Cemetery

Historic church in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Burke's Garden Central Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register


37°5′32″N 81°20′7″W / 37.09222°N 81.33528°W / 37.09222; -81.33528
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1827, 1875
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	79003092^[1]
VLR No.	092-0014
Added to NRHP	May 07, 1979
Designated VLR	November 21, 1978^[2]

Burkes Garden Central Lutheran Church, listed as Burkes Garden Central Church and Cemetery, is a historic Lutheran church, cemetery, and national historic district located at Burke's Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia. The church was built in 1875, and is a plain rectangular frame building, two bays long, with a steep gable roof. It originally served multiple denominations as a union church but has exclusively served the Lutheran denomination in modern times.^[3]

The community was an outpost of German immigrants who settled in the backcountry frontier in the late 18th century. The cemetery was founded in 1827, and contains a notable collection of sandstone Germanic gravestones.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burkes Garden Central Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map