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New Providence Presbyterian Church (Brownsburg, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°57′6.5″N 79°18′8″W / 37.951806°N 79.30222°W / 37.951806; -79.30222
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New Providence Presbyterian Church
Front of the church
New Providence Presbyterian Church (Brownsburg, Virginia) is located in Virginia
New Providence Presbyterian Church (Brownsburg, Virginia)
New Providence Presbyterian Church (Brownsburg, Virginia) is located in the United States
New Providence Presbyterian Church (Brownsburg, Virginia)
LocationNortheast of Brownsburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°57′6.5″N 79°18′8″W / 37.951806°N 79.30222°W / 37.951806; -79.30222
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1859 (1859)
ArchitectRobert Lewis Dabney
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.80004223[1]
VLR No.081-0046
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1980
Designated VLRFebruary 21, 1978[2]

New Providence Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built in 1859, and is a monumental, one-story Greek Revival style brick building. Rev. Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) may have had a hand in the design of New Providence. The front facade features a central recessed portico marked by slightly projecting flanking piers and a similarly projecting pediment supported on two massive, unfluted Doric order columns. In 1926 a three-story, brick Sunday School wing was added to the rear.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New Providence Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo