Frying Pan Meetinghouse, church building in Virginia, United States of America
Frying Pan Meetinghouse is a wooden church building constructed in 1791 located near Floris on Centreville Road in Virginia. The structure retains its original simple design with plain wooden walls and sits amid open fields beside a cemetery containing early gravestones.
The building was established in 1791 after Robert Carter III granted two acres of land with a natural spring to the Baptist congregation. During the Civil War the church suffered damage from passing troops on both sides but was repaired afterward and remains a witness to early struggles for religious freedom in Virginia.
The meetinghouse served as a gathering place for Baptists who sought religious freedom and built community through shared worship. Today the simple interior reflects how early believers organized their faith and came together for both spiritual practice and local life.
The site is easily accessible on foot and situated in a quiet rural area within Frying Pan Farm Park where visitors can explore the original building and adjacent cemetery. Wear comfortable shoes and allow time to walk around the grounds and examine the older graves at a leisurely pace.
In 1984 the last church trustee transferred the building to the local park authority to preserve it for future visitors. This handover rescued the structure from neglect and transformed it into a public space where people can walk through early community history and religious struggle.
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