Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, also known as Grace Baptist Church, is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery in Willis, Floyd County, Virginia. It was built in 1954, and is one of six "rock churches" founded by Bob Childress and built between 1919 and the early 1950s. The building consists of a one-story, gable-fronted rectangular form with a roughly square, Gothic Revival bell tower on the building's northeast corner. The building was erected on a poured concrete foundation, and has walls of light framing covered with a thick quartz and quartzite fieldstone exterior veneer.^[3]

Willis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Willis Presbyterian Church in 2016
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Location	5733 Floyd Highway, S., Willis, Virginia
Coordinates	36°51′26″N 80°29′00″W
Area	1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built	1954
Architect	Lyle, Stanley
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Reverend Robert Childress Presbyterian Churches MPS
NRHP reference No.	07000226[1]
VLR No.	031-0045
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2007
Designated VLR	March 30, 2007[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

See also

• Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
• Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
• Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
• Mayberry Presbyterian Church
• Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Randle Brim; John Kern & Michael Pulice (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos

External links

• Stone Churches of Reverend Bob Childress