South River Friends Meetinghouse
Historic church in Virginia, United States
South River Friends Meetinghouse
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South River Friends Meetinghouse, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
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Location | 5810 Fort Ave., Lynchburg, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°22′23″N 79°11′32″W / 37.37306°N 79.19222°W / 37.37306; -79.19222 |
Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
Built | 1791 ( 1791 ) |
NRHP reference No. | 75002113 [1] |
VLR No. | 118-0015 |
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Added to NRHP | August 28, 1975 |
Designated VLR | May 20, 1975 [2] |
The South River Friends Meetinghouse , or Quaker Meeting House, is a historic Friends meeting house located at Lynchburg, Virginia . It was completed in 1798. It is a rubble stone structure, approximately 30 by 51 feet (9.1 by 15.5 m) , with walls 16 inches thick, and 12 feet high. The building ceased as a Quaker meeting house in the 1840s, and stands on the grounds of the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church. Adjacent to the structure is a historic graveyard. Buried there are Sarah Lynch (in an unmarked grave) and her son John, the founder of the city whose final resting place is marked by a plain Quaker stone and a modern plaque. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register" . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . Retrieved 19 March 2013 .
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: South River Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF) . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- South River Quaker Meeting House, 5810 Fort Avenue, Lynchburg, VA: 2 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Buildings Survey
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