Mount Tabor Lutheran Church

Mount Tabor Lutheran Church (HMY50)

Location: Staunton, VA 24401
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 4.702', W 79° 11.493'

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Shenandoah Valley circuit-riding preacher PaulHenkel formed Mount Tabor Lutheran Churchabout 1785, several miles to the east. It shared alog building with St. John's, a Lutheran andReformed union congregation. Under the directionof David Frederick Bittle, the Mount Tabor con-gregation moved here in 1838 and built a brickchurch within the current cemetery. In 1842 Bittleand Christopher C. Baughman organized apreparatory school for boys in the churchparsonage about a mile west. The school becamethe Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1845. It movedto Salem in 1847, where it became RoanokeCollege in 1853. Construction of the presentchurch building was completed in 1889.
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HM NumberHMY50
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Marker NumberA-106
Year Placed2003
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Saturday, September 6th, 2014 at 3:57pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 658614 N 4216054
Decimal Degrees38.07836667, -79.19155000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 4.702', W 79° 11.493'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 4' 42.12" N, 79° 11' 29.58" W
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Area Code(s)540
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 334 Mt Tabor Rd, Staunton VA 24401, US
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