Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery

Historic site in Bland County, Virginia, US
United States historic place
Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Virginia Landmarks Register
Overview from the west
37°00′58″N 81°20′56″W / 37.01611°N 81.34889°W / 37.01611; -81.34889
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1817, 1883
NRHP reference No.79003030[1]
VLR No.010-0040
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1979
Designated VLRJune 21, 1978[2]

Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery is a historic Lutheran church and cemetery located near Ceres, Bland County, Virginia. The church was built in 1883, and is a one-story, frame church, four bays long, with round-arched, stained-glass windows and a gable roof. It features a projecting square tower with a bell-cast pyramidal roof and cross finial on the entrance facade. The adjacent cemetery was established in 1817, and includes a collection of rare Germanic gravestones which are stylistically related to those found in the outlying churches of the Wythe County German settlements.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying photo

External links

  • Sharon Lutheran Church and Cemetery at Find a Grave Edit this at Wikidata
  • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharon Church
  • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharon Cemetery
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