Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church is a historic

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located near Lexington,

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. It was built in 1756, altered in 1871, and completely remodeled in 1899–1900. It is a one-story, rectangular gray

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building with a gable roof. Also on the property is the contributing church

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with tombstones dated as early as 1773. an
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in 1969.

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