Methodist Tabernacle

SE of Mathews on VA 611 at jct. with VA 644, Mathews, Virginia. County/parish: Mathews.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 21, 1975. NRIS 75002024.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Methodist Tabernacle (Mathews, Virginia)

Methodist Tabernacle is a historic Methodist tabernacle located near Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia. It was built in 1922, and is a large, open pavilion with a hipped roof surmounted by a hipped clerestory monitor with wooden shutters. The building has 21 rows of wooden benches on the dirt floor arranged along three aisles. The building is a rare example in Virginia of an early 20th century revival meeting facility.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681889

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