Seay's Chapel Methodist Church is a historic

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located near

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. It was built between 1893 and 1902, and is a one-story, 30 feet by 40 feet, vernacular

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style chapel. It features a

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gable roof with ornamental wooden brackets under the eaves and along the gables and a rectangular wooden panel design in the front and rear gables. Also on the property is the contributing church

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. an
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in 2012.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Churches completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in Fluvanna County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fluvanna County, Virginia Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Virginia Methodist churches in Virginia Virginia Historic Landmarks {{Virginia-Methodist-church-stub