Bremo Slave Chapel | |
 Bremo Slave Chapel in January 2008 | |
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| Location | Bremo Bluff, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°43′1″N 78°17′51″W / 37.71694°N 78.29750°W |
| Area | 1 acre |
| Built | 1835 |
| Architect | John Hartwell Cocke |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004189 |
| VLR No. | 032-0030 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 17, 1980 |
| Designated VLR | December 18, 1979[1] |
Bremo Slave Chapel, constructed in 1835 and located in Bremo Bluff, Virginia, United States, is the only slave chapel known to exist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This Gothic Revival structure originally served as a place of worship for the slaves at the Bremo Plantation of General John Hartwell Cocke.[2] Cocke was deeply concerned with the religious and moral state of his slaves, which drove him to construct this chapel.[3]
The building was moved in the late 19th century from its original location on the plantation and is now used as the parish hall for the Grace Episcopal Church in Bremo Bluff.[4] Bremo Slave Chapel was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register in December 1979 and the National Register of Historic Places in March 1980.[5]
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ Loth, Calder (1995). Virginia Landmarks of Black history. Charlottesville, Virginia; London: University of Virginia Press. pp. 42–43. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ Lago, Enrico Dal (2005). Agrarian Elites: American Slaveholders and Southern Italian Landowners, 1815-1861. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. p. 164. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). "Bremo Slave Chapel". America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community. New York City: John Wiley & Sons: 237. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Loth, Calder (1999). "Fluvanna County". The Virginia Landmarks Register. Charlottesville, Virginia; London: University of Virginia Press: 172. Retrieved December 3, 2010.