Opequon Presbyterian Church

Historic church in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Opequon Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Opequon Presbyterian Church, September 2011
39°8′20″N 78°11′43″W / 39.13889°N 78.19528°W / 39.13889; -78.19528
Area	5.3 acres (2.1 ha)
Built	1742, 1897
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	01000145^[1]
VLR No.	034-0009
Added to NRHP	February 16, 2001
Designated VLR	December 6, 2000^[2]

Opequon Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Winchester, in Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a one-story, gable-roofed, random-rubble stone church. It features Gothic-arched colored-glass, one-over-one windows and a three-stage corner bell tower containing an entrance. Also on the property are four burying grounds (one contributing) with the oldest marked grave site dated to 1742.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

Gallery

Opequon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, May 2016

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Helen Lee Fletcher and C. Langdon Gordon (August 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Opequon Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo