{"nrhp_refnum":"87000563","name":"Snowville Christian Church","other_names":["Cypress Grove Christian Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 693","address_restricted":false,"city":"Snowville","county":"Pulaski County","state":"VA","lat":37.03429496100006,"lon":-80.55992591799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Greek Revival-style church building in Snowville, Pulaski County, Virginia, on a bluff above the Little River. It was built in 1864 and was historically known as Cypress Grove Christian Church.","why_significant":"The church is considered significant within the context of New River area architecture. It resembles rural nave-plan churches of the region but is larger, more elaborate and better preserved. It also documents Snowville's importance as a nineteenth-century manufacturing and population center and the religious movement led by Chester Bullard.","narrative":"Built in 1864 near the end of the Civil War, this frame church sits on a bluff above the Little River at the southwest end of Snowville, Pulaski County. It measures forty by sixty feet and has a gabled roof, a pedimented front with two entry doors, Greek Revival pilasters and an octagonal bell tower. Inside, walnut columns support a gallery, and the pulpit is placed between the entry doors, reversing the usual plan of area churches. The congregation began as New Salem Church in 1836-37 under Chester Bullard, a local preacher and doctor who later united his churches with the Disciples of Christ movement. The building is larger, more detailed and better preserved than most rural churches of its type in the region, and a brick Methodist church in Newbern is the closest comparison. It also reflects Snowville's role as a nineteenth-century manufacturing center. No records name its builder, though local tradition credits the Snow family.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown; local tradition ascribes construction to Asiel Snow and his family","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (pattern-book details)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a religious building; altered by a 1970s rear addition and acoustical tile ceilings, but described in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.886983-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/6827/41682793/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/87000563.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000563/36d275f47e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000563/36d275f47e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wx4sno (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowville_Christian_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wx4sno (talk)</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:Snowville_Christian_Church.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86003650","name":"Snowville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/snowville-historic-district-86003650/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682793","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowville_Christian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15278310"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/pulaski-county/snowville-christian-church-87000563/"}