Cove Presbyterian Church
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Cove Presbyterian Church | |
Location | US 29, N of VA 699, Covesville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°52′37″N 78°42′54″W / 37.87694°N 78.71500°W |
Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
Built | 1809 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Builder's Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 89001935[1] |
VLR No. | 002-0705 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 2, 1989 |
Designated VLR | April 18, 1989[2] |
Cove Presbyterian Church, also known as Cove Meeting House and Rich Cove, is a historic Presbyterian church located at Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built in 1809 and is a one-story, rectangular one-room, brick building. The building was rebuilt and renovated in 1880 after it was destroyed by a tornado on June 12, 1880. It features Gothic arched windows and a steeply pitched gable roof. It was built for a congregation established in 1747, and has remained in continuous use.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Susan Holbrook Purdue (January 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cove Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
External links
[edit]Media related to Cove Presbyterian Church at Wikimedia Commons
- Cove Presbyterian Church, U.S. Route 29, Covesville, Albemarle County, VA: 8 measured drawings and 8 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
Categories:
- Churches in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Presbyterian churches in Virginia
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches completed in 1809
- Churches completed in 1880
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- Brick churches
- Albemarle County, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Virginia church stubs