Briery Church

Briery Church
Briery Church, 1930s
Location North of the junction of VA 747 and VA 671, Briery, Virginia
Coordinates 37°5′23″N 78°28′44″W / 37.08972°N 78.47889°W / 37.08972; -78.47889Coordinates: 37°5′23″N 78°28′44″W / 37.08972°N 78.47889°W / 37.08972; -78.47889
Area 8.8 acres (3.6 ha)
Built 1855 (1855)
Architect Dabney, Rev. Robert Lewis
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 69000371[1]
VLR # 073-0038
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 29, 1969
Designated VLR May 13, 1969 [2]

Briery Church is a historic Presbyterian Church located at Briery, Prince Edward County, Virginia. While the congregation dates as far back as 1755, the present building was designed by Rev. Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) and built about 1855. It is a one-story, board-and-batten covered frame structure with a T-shaped plan. It has a steep gable roof with overhanging eaves, three cross gables, and lancet window openings in the Gothic Revival style.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]

The first house of worship was built about 1760.[4] Among the early church leaders were Samuel Stanhope Smith, Drury Lacy, and John Blair Smith, each of whom served as presidents of Hampden-Sydney College. Samuel S. Smith also served as president of Princeton University (then known as College of New Jersey) and John B. Smith also served as first president of Union College in New York. In 1766, funds were raised as part of a plan to 'support the gospel' which enabled the purchase of slaves that were then rented out.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 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 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (April 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Briery Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ↑ "Briery Presbyterian Church Records, 1760-1892". The Library of Virginia. Library of Virginia. 2001. Retrieved 29 Jun 2016.
  5. ↑ Rivers, Flournoy (1894-01-01). "The Flournoy Family". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 2 (2): 190–213. JSTOR 4241809.


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