Graves Chapel and Cemetery

Graves Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Graves Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Stanley, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is a simple one-story, frame church building. It was enlarged about 1870. The center entry and flanking windows on the front gable end have Gothic Revival lancet arches and the gable roof is topped by and open belfry. Also on the property are the contributing church cemetery with burials dating to 1860, and the parsonage, a two-story frame residence built about 1893.^[3]

Graves Chapel and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Graves Chapel and Cemetery, February 2014
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Location	457 Chapel Rd., Stanley, Virginia
Coordinates	38°34′36″N 78°29′17″W
Area	4.7 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	1856 (1856), c. 1870
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	08000481[1]
VLR No.	303-0015
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 29, 2008
Designated VLR	March 20, 2008[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. J. Daniel Pezzoni w/ contributions by Michael Salvino, Charles Ballard, Darryl Nash & Robert Smith (December 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Graves Chapel and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Accompanying four photos