Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School
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Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School | |
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| Location | VA 627 W side, NW of jct. with VA 810, near Dyke, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°16′00″N 78°33′24″W / 38.2668°N 78.5566°WCoordinates: 38°16′00″N 78°33′24″W / 38.2668°N 78.5566°W |
| Area | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Cram, Ralph Adams; Makielski, Stanislaus |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 93000349[1] |
| VLR # | 039-0041, 039-0042 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1993 |
| Designated VLR | February 17, 1993[2] |
Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School is a historic Episcopal chapel and home located on the grounds of Blue Ridge School near Dyke, Greene County, Virginia.
The Gibson Memorial Chapel was designed by noted Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram and built between 1929 and 1932. It is a six-bay, gable-roofed chapel is built on a modified cruciform plan. The chapel is built entirely of uncut and uncoursed native fieldstone and is executed in the Gothic Revival style. It is named after Robert Atkinson Gibson (1846-1919), the sixth Episcopal Bishop of Virginia.
The Martha Bagby Battle House, also known as the Headmaster's House, was completed in 1934. It consists of a two-story, four-bay, hipped-roof center section extended by protruding one- and two-story bays on all sides. The house is constructed of uncut and uncoursed native fieldstone and is in the English Gothic style.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Geoffrey Henry (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
