{"nrhp_refnum":"82004535","name":"Emmanuel Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 250","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenwood","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.03321039300005,"lon":-78.76310134599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a brick church building on a ridge just south of Route 250 in the Greenwood area of Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built in 1863 as a one-room church and was renovated and enlarged in 1911 by Washington architect Waddy Wood.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of Colonial Revival ecclesiastical architecture in Albemarle County, showing the refinement and craftsmanship of early Colonial Revival work. It is also tied to the Langhorne family of nearby Mirador, including Nancy Langhorne, later Lady Astor, who with her siblings commissioned the renovation. Its rectors included Frederick Neve and Walter Russell Bowie, who are noted in the history.","narrative":"Emmanuel Episcopal Church sits on a wooded ridge in Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. It began in 1863 as a one-room church on land donated by James Bowen, who helped organize the congregation in 1860. A bell tower followed in 1905. In 1911 the children of Chiswell Dabney and Nancy Witcher Langhorne, including Nancy, later Lady Astor, hired Washington architect Waddy Wood to renovate and enlarge the building. He kept the original brick walls, replaced the tower, and added a cloister and parish hall. The Flemish-bond brick church has a slate gable roof, two-tier windows reminiscent of Christ Church in Alexandria, a Palladian chancel window, and a wineglass pulpit. Milton Grigg doubled the parish hall around 1940 and restored fire damage in the gallery. The six-acre property also includes a cemetery and a 1910 rectory. The church is valued for its refined Colonial Revival design and its links to the Langhorne family and notable clergy.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Waddy Wood (additions and renovation)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival Ecclesiastical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, in religious use; the form says the church continues to serve the Greenwood area.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.112829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/6793/41679379/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004535.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004535/2b2012e111-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004535/2b2012e111-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmanuel_Church_Greenwood_VA_Nov_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmanuel_Church_Greenwood_VA_Nov_10.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"11000258","name":"Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/greenwood-afton-rural-historic-district-11000258/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679379","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Church_(Greenwood,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5373178"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/emmanuel-church-82004535/"}