Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery

	Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	View of the church in April 2017
Location	VA 40, Darvills, Virginia
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
VLR No.	026-0111
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 11, 2003
Designated VLR	December 4, 2002

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]

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

External links[edit]

Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery at Find a Grave

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[vaNRHPnom-3] 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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