Burke's Garden Central Church and Cemetery

Burke's Garden Central Church and Cemetery
Nearest city Burke's Garden, Virginia
Coordinates 37°5′32″N 81°20′7″W / 37.09222°N 81.33528°W / 37.09222; -81.33528Coordinates: 37°5′32″N 81°20′7″W / 37.09222°N 81.33528°W / 37.09222; -81.33528
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1827, 1875
Architect Multiple
NRHP reference # 79003092[1]
VLR # 092-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 07, 1979
Designated VLR November 21, 1978[2]

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]

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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "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. 1 2 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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