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Big Spring Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Big Spring Baptist Church, September 2013
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Location	VA 631, 0.1 mi. E of US 460/11, Elliston, Virginia
Coordinates	37°12′55″N 80°13′30″W / 37.21528°N 80.22500°W / 37.21528; -80.22500
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	c. 1880 (1880)
Built by	Pepper, Joseph
Architectural style	Nave plan
MPS	Montgomery County MPS
NRHP reference No.	89001809
VLR No.	060-0435
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1989
Designated VLR	June 20, 1989

Big Spring Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building located near Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built about 1880, and is a one-story, four-bay, nave plan frame structure with a high gable roof. It features a projecting three-stage central tower. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery where the deceased members of most of the area's African-American families are buried.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Big Spring Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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