Greenwich Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located at 9510 Burwell Road in Greenwich, Prince William County, Virginia. It was started in 1859, and is a one-story, gable-roofed brick church building in the Gothic Revival style. It features two pointed-arched front doors, decorative buttresses on the side walls, and large, pointed, arched windows on the front and side walls. It has a wooden church tower with a louvred belfry and a shingle-covered spire topped by a weathervane. The adjacent cemetery has at least 100 headstones and includes the graves of several American Civil War soldiers, including Captain Bradford Smith Hoskins, a colorful Englishman who rode with Colonel John S. Mosby.[3]
Greenwich Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | |
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| Location | 9510 Burwell Rd., Greenwich, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°44′54″N 77°38′53″W / 38.74833°N 77.64806°W |
| Area | 7.6 acres (3.1 ha) |
| Built | 1859 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Civil War Properties in Prince William County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001065[1] |
| VLR No. | 076-0175 |
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| Added to NRHP | August 18, 1989 |
| Designated VLR | December 13, 1988[2] |
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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Jan Townsend (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenwich Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo