Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Built in 1929, the church features rock-faced walls, stained glass windows, and a steeply-pitched gable roof covered with standing seam sheet metal.

This church, constructed by Reverend Robert Childress after his graduation from Union Theological Seminary, served as the primary church for five additional church buildings.

Local community members participated in the construction by cutting trees, sawing oak beams, digging the basement, and bringing quartz stones for the walls.

The church property encompasses 3.2 acres and includes a cemetery surrounded by mortared quartzitic fieldstone walls matching the church exterior.

The cemetery offers views of Buffalo Mountain and contains extensive quartz-fieldstone walls constructed through a community contest for the most attractive stones.

Location: Virginia

GPS coordinates: 36.77750,-80.51750

Latest update: September 23, 2025 14:25