Big Spring Baptist Church

VA 631, 0.1 mi. E of US 460/11, Elliston, Virginia. County/parish: Montgomery.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 13, 1989. NRIS 89001809.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 60-435
  • First Baptist Church

From Wikipedia:

Big Spring Baptist Church (Elliston, Virginia)

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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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678840

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