Burkes Garden Central Lutheran Church, listed as Burkes Garden Central Church and Cemetery, is a historic Lutheran church, cemetery, and national historic district located at Burke's Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia. The church was built in 1875, and is a plain rectangular frame building, two bays long, with a steep gable roof. It originally served multiple denominations as a union church but has exclusively served the Lutheran denomination in modern times.[3]
Burke's Garden Central Church and Cemetery | |
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| Nearest city | Burke's Garden, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°5′32″N 81°20′7″W / 37.09222°N 81.33528°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1827, 1875 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003092[1] |
| VLR No. | 092-0014 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 07, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | November 21, 1978[2] |
The community was an outpost of German immigrants who settled in the backcountry frontier in the late 18th century. The cemetery was founded in 1827, and contains a notable collection of sandstone Germanic gravestones.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burkes Garden Central Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
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