Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery is a historic Methodist church and cemetery located near Darvills, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1866–1867, and is a one-story, frame building in the Carpenter Gothic style. It measures approximately 34 feet wide and 45 feet long, and features board and batten siding and concave gingerbread trim. Surrounding the church are approximately nine additional acres to which about 1,000 graves were moved from cemeteries that had to be abandoned when the 48,000-acre Camp Pickett Military Reservation was created at the beginning of World War II.[3]
Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery | |
 View of the church in April 2017 | |
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| Location | VA 40, Darvills, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°4′21″N 77°51′41″W / 37.07250°N 77.86139°W |
| Area | 9.8 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1866 |
| Architect | Atkinson, William Randolph |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000213[1] |
| VLR No. | 026-0111 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 2003 |
| Designated VLR | December 4, 2002[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[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.
- ^ John C. Moody Sr (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos
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