Historic Structures Report: Salem Church
Pope CS. 1969. Historic Structures Report: Salem Church. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Old Salem Church, a mid-nineteenth century brick edifice in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, stands some four miles west of Fredericksburg. The American Civil War brought fame to this Baptist meeting house when a battle, part of the Chancellorsville Campaign, raged around it, indeed within the very yard and church itself. The congregation donated the old building to the United States Government in 1961 to be a part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. It is planned to rehabilitate and restore the exterior of this building to its Civil War Appearance. The use of the interior in the immediate future is not proposed. However the beetle infested condition of the floor structure requires the removal of the floor. The rebuilding of the floor structure and foundations is advocated and described under the Architectural Data Section.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Pope, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1969-08
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FRSP , NER
- Keywords
- battlefield, church, Civil War, restoration, worship
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000428: Salem Church
Series
See also
- Historic Structures Report, Part I: Salem Church
- Historic Structures Report, Part II, Historical Data: Old Salem Church