Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | |
 Willis Presbyterian Church in 2016 | |
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| Location | 5733 Floyd Highway, S., Willis, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°51′26″N 80°29′00″W / 36.85722°N 80.48333°W |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1954 |
| Architect | Lyle, Stanley |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000226[1] |
| VLR No. | 031-0045 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 30, 2007 |
| Designated VLR | March 30, 2007[2] |
Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, also known as Grace Baptist Church, is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery in Willis, Floyd County, Virginia. It was built in 1954, and is one of six "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress and built between 1919 and the early 1950s. The building consists of a one-story, gable-fronted rectangular form with a roughly square, Gothic Revival bell tower on the building's northeast corner. The building was erected on a poured concrete foundation, and has walls of light framing covered with a thick quartz and quartzite fieldstone exterior veneer.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
See also
[edit]- Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
- Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
- Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
- Mayberry Presbyterian Church
- Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Randle Brim; John Kern & Michael Pulice (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
