Methodist Tabernacle is a historic

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tabernacle According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (, also Tent of Meeting), was the portable earthly dwelling of God used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan. Moses was instru ...

located near Mathews,

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. It was built in 1922, and is a large, open pavilion with a hipped roof surmounted by a hipped

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monitor with wooden shutters. The building has 21 rows of wooden benches on the dirt floor arranged along three aisles. The building is a rare example in Virginia of an early 20th century

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facility. an
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in 1975.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Churches completed in 1922 Buildings and structures in Mathews County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Mathews County, Virginia Methodism in Virginia Tabernacles (Methodist) {{MathewsCountyVA-NRHP-stub