Buffalo_Mountain_Presbyterian_Church_and_Cemetery Knowpia

	Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
Location	2102 Childress Rd., near Willis, Virginia
Coordinates	36°46′39″N 80°31′03″W / 36.77750°N 80.51750°W
Area	3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	1929
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS
NRHP reference No.	07000229
VLR No.	017-5016
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2007
Designated VLR	December 6, 2006

Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church located near Willis, Floyd County, Virginia. It was the first of the 5 "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress.^[3] It was built in 1929, and is a rock-faced frame building with a nave plan and front and rear transepts. The nave measures 33 feet wide and 80 feet long. It has a steeply-pitched gable roof covered with standing seam sheet metal. The contributing Cemetery has a continuous wall of mortared quartzitic fieldstones, matching the church exterior.^[4]^[5]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ http://www.stone-churches.com/stone-churches-Buffalo-Mountain%20(1).pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Randle Brim; John Kern & Michael Pulice (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying two photos
^ "Rock Church – Roanoke.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2009-12-09. Roanoke Times March 4, 2009