Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church

Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church
Location VA 608, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the junction with VA 636 and VA 631, Fishersville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°05′06″N 78°58′59″W / 38.08500°N 78.98306°W / 38.08500; -78.98306Coordinates: 38°05′06″N 78°58′59″W / 38.08500°N 78.98306°W / 38.08500; -78.98306
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1850
Architect Dabney,Robert Lewis
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 73001993[1]
VLR # 007-0033
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 11, 1973
Designated VLR January 16, 1973[2]

The Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, is a Presbyterian church founded in 1740,[3] and is the second-oldest Presbyterian congregation in the Valley of Virginia (the Shenandoah Valley).[4] Its historic building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

The church's first building was a log structure built during 1742-1748. Its 1850 Greek Revival building is its third building, and is significant architecturally for being designed by Robert Lewis Dabney who served as pastor there from 1852-1857.[4][5] This Greek Revival building, along with two other churches designed by Dabney, is credited with influencing ecclessiastic architecture in Virginia.[4] Dabney designed at least two other NRHP-listed churches, Briery Church, in Briery, Virginia, and New Providence Presbyterian Church, near Brownsburg, Virginia.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church - History". Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  4. 1 2 3 Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and accompanying photo
  5. ↑ "VA-W155 Tinkling Spring Church". Commonwealth of Virginia Historical Markers. Retrieved 2007-10-08.


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