Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School
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.
Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School | |
 Front of the chapel | |
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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 |
| Area | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Ralph Adams Cram, Stanislaus Makielski |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000349[1] |
| VLR No. | 039-0041, 039-0042 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1993 |
| Designated VLR | February 17, 1993[2] |
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
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "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
