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Sappony Church

Coordinates: 36°58′14″N 77°38′10″W / 36.97056°N 77.63611°W / 36.97056; -77.63611
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Sappony Church
Sappony Church is located in Virginia
Sappony Church
Sappony Church is located in the United States
Sappony Church
LocationS of Sappony Creek off VA 692, McKenney, Virginia
Coordinates36°58′14″N 77°38′10″W / 36.97056°N 77.63611°W / 36.97056; -77.63611
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1725 (1725)-1726
NRHP reference No.76002101[1]
VLR No.026-0019
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 30, 1976
Designated VLROctober 21, 1975[2]

Sappony Church, also known as Sapony Church and Sappony Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal church located at McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1725–1726, and is a one-story, three bay long, rectangular frame building with a low gable roof. A vestry room was added early in the 19th century; the building was remodeled in the mid-19th century and again in 1870.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sappony Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo