{"nrhp_refnum":"78003031","name":"Christiansburg Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Christiansburg","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.12857468900006,"lon":-80.41111173699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Greek Revival church at 107 West Main Street in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, built by James E. Crush and completed in 1853. A former rectory, used as a parish house, and two twentieth-century additions stand on the property.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be probably the most architecturally refined of a group of antebellum, simplified Greek Revival churches in and around the Roanoke Valley, with details adapted from Asher Benjamin's handbooks. Its facade is described as a masterpiece of geometrical composition. It also houses a congregation organized in 1827 that continues to be active.","narrative":"Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, on West Main Street in the Montgomery County seat, is a common-bond brick temple-form building completed in 1853 by builder James E. Crush of Fincastle. Crush brought two craftsmen, Samuel M. and James W. Hickok, to help with the work. The facade features a portico in antis, a pedimented central pavilion with coupled Doric pilasters, and a three-stage tower topped by an octagonal spire. Inside, a single large room is ringed on three sides by a gallery on Doric columns. A brick ell from 1906 and a Sunday School wing from 1927 were added at the rear, and a frame former rectory of about 1870 stands alongside. The church belongs to a group of 1840s and 1850s simplified Greek Revival churches near the Roanoke Valley that drew on Asher Benjamin's handbooks, and it is considered probably the most refined of them. The congregation dates to 1827 and still worships here.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"James E. Crush, builder","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; the congregation remains active and the former rectory is used as a parish house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.980881-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/6819/41681985/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/78003031.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003031/165325abb6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003031/165325abb6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rdeyerle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christiansburg_Presbyterian_Church_Christiansburg_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rdeyerle</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christiansburg_Presbyterian_Church_Christiansburg_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000340","name":"Christiansburg Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/christiansburg-downtown-historic-district-13000340/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681985","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiansburg_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/christiansburg-presbyterian-church-78003031/"}