Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Historic church in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register


36°46′39″N 80°31′03″W / 36.77750°N 80.51750°W / 36.77750; -80.51750
Area	3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	1929 (1929)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS
NRHP reference No.	07000229^[1]
VLR No.	017-5016
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2007
Designated VLR	December 6, 2006^[2]

Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church located near Willis, Floyd County, Virginia. It was the first of the 5 "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress.^[3] It was built in 1929, and is a rock-faced frame building with a nave plan and front and rear transepts. The nave measures 33 feet wide and 80 feet long. It has a steeply-pitched gable roof covered with standing seam sheet metal. The contributing Cemetery has a continuous wall of mortared quartzitic fieldstones, matching the church exterior.^[4]^[5]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ http://www.stone-churches.com/stone-churches-Buffalo-Mountain%20(1).pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Randle Brim; John Kern & Michael Pulice (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying two photos
^ "Rock Church – Roanoke.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2009-12-09. Roanoke Times March 4, 2009