Aquia Church
N of jct. of U.S. 1 and VA 610, Garrisonville, Virginia
Description
Aquia Church is among the largest and handsomest of Virginia churches. It is built in the form of a Greek cross with hipped roof and has a most interesting unorthodox tower arising from the west end. What is doubly remarkable quite aside from the architectural details is the circumstance of finding bell and clock in this rural area. Hands from the old clock are said to have been in existence until comparatively recent times. Few country churches of the eighteenth century boasted bells while most of them were dependent upon sun dials for the time. -- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS VA-415)National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1969
- Reference number
- 69000282
- Architectural style
- Georgian
- Area of significance
- Architecture
- Levels of significance
- National; State
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Religious structure; Cemetery
- Current functions
- Religious structure; Cemetery
- Period of significance
- 1750-1799
- Significant years
- 1751; 1755; 1757
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing sites: 1
Non-contributing buildings: 2
Sources
- HABS VA-415 - Aquia Church
- Wikipedia
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
- National Register database - Reference number 69000282
- National Historic Landmark information
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