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Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church is a historic
Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their na ...
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...
located near Lexington,
Rockbridge County, Virginia Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,650. Its county seat is the city of Lexington. Rockbridge County completely surrounds the ...
. It was built in 1756, altered in 1871, and completely remodeled in 1899–1900. It is a one-story, rectangular gray
limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms when ...
building with a gable roof. Also on the property is the contributing church
cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
with tombstones dated as early as 1773. an
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/ref> It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1969.


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18th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Presbyterian churches in Virginia Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Churches completed in 1756 Buildings and structures in Rockbridge County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Rockbridge County, Virginia Limestone churches in the United States Stone churches in Virginia 1756 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-church-stub