Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Powhatan, Virginia)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built between 1842 and 1850, and is a one-story, vernacular Gothic Revival brick church building painted white. It features a stepped gable parapet, a half-octagonal apse which served as a vestry, and four tall window bays interspaced with slim buttresses.[4] It also contains a cemetery in the back yard and north side of the church.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church | |
 Emmanuel Church, September 2012 | |
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| Location | Emmanuel Church Rd. S of US 60, Powhatan, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′36″N 77°57′17″W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architect | Davis, Alexander Jackson; Cocke, Gen. Philip St. George[1] |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001924[2] |
| VLR No. | 072-0013 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 1990 |
| Designated VLR | December 12, 1989[3] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[2]
References
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources
- "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.
- Jane Covington (September 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emmanuel Episcopal Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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