Buck Mountain Episcopal Church is a historic
Episcopal
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church located on VA 743, northwest of the junction with VA 633 in
Earlysville, Virginia. It is a rare surviving example of the simple wooden
Anglican
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parish churches scattered through
Virginia
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in the colonial period, and it is considered one of the finest surviving examples of rural Virginia
Greek Revival
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churches. One of three churches erected to serve Frederick Parish, the original building was completed between 1747 and 1750.
The church was moved to its present site (approximately one mile from its original location) in 1860. Buck Mountain is now a parish church in the
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
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See also
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Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
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Earlysville, Virginia
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Frederick Winslow Hatch
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James Deese
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References
External links
Buck Mountain Episcopal Church websiteBuck Mountain Episcopal Church images Library of Congress
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Churches completed in 1747
Churches in Albemarle County, Virginia
Episcopal churches in Virginia
Greek Revival church buildings in Virginia
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Virginia Historic Landmarks
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