{"nrhp_refnum":"93000349","name":"Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School","other_names":["Dhr 39-41","Dhr 39-42"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 627 W side, NW of jct. with VA 810","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dyke","county":"Greene County","state":"VA","lat":38.26738606400005,"lon":-78.55632845055024,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone Gothic Revival chapel and an adjoining stone residence, the Battle House (Headmaster's House), on the grounds of Blue Ridge School near Dyke, Greene County, Virginia. The chapel was built 1929-1932 and the house was completed in 1934.","why_significant":"The chapel was designed by Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram, a leading Gothic Revival designer, and is one of only a few of his works in Virginia. The Battle House, designed by Charlottesville architect Stanislaus Makielski, is cited as an equally fine example of twentieth-century Gothic Revival. Together they are described as the two most architecturally significant buildings at a school founded as an Episcopal mission in the Blue Ridge.","narrative":"Gibson Memorial Chapel and the Martha Bagby Battle House sit side by side on the grounds of Blue Ridge School near Dyke in Greene County. Both are built of uncut native fieldstone in the Gothic Revival manner. The chapel, begun in 1929 and consecrated in 1932, follows a design that Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram donated to the school, with Charlottesville architect Stanislaus Makielski as consulting architect. Local builders and students did the construction and made much of the ironwork. Inside are a flagstone floor, exposed rafters and stone furnishings. The Battle House, also called the Headmaster's House, was designed by Makielski and finished in 1934. Its rambling plan has paneled interiors and stone fireplaces. A stone sundial stands between the buildings. They were recognized as fine examples of twentieth-century Gothic design and as part of an Episcopal mission school founded in 1910 to educate mountain children. Cram's work in Virginia is uncommon, adding to the chapel's importance.","period_of_significance":"1929-1934","architect_builder":"Cram, Ralph Adams (Chapel); Makielski, Stanislaus (House)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as being in an excellent state of preservation; the chapel and house remain in use on the school grounds, and the house has had one major alteration, an enclosed second-story porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.996606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/6810/41681019/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93000349.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000349/0bc44e135b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000349/0bc44e135b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gibson_Memorial_Chapel_at_BRS.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gibson_Memorial_Chapel_at_BRS.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681019","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Memorial_Chapel_and_Martha_Bagby_Battle_House_at_Blue_Ridge_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712356"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/greene-county/gibson-memorial-chapel-and-martha-bagby-battle-house-at-blue-ridge-school-93000349/"}