Hebron Lutheran Church
Hebron Lutheran Church, September 2012
Hebron Lutheran Church is located in Virginia
Hebron Lutheran Church
Hebron Lutheran Church is located in the United States
Hebron Lutheran Church
Location1 mi. NE of Madison off U.S. 29, Madison, Virginia
Coordinates38°24′26″N 78°14′51″W / 38.40722°N 78.24750°W / 38.40722; -78.24750
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1740 (1740)
Architectural styleColonial
NRHP reference No.71000986[1]
VLR No.056-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 2, 1971
Designated VLRMarch 2, 1971[2]

Hebron Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church located in the countryside northeast of Madison, Madison County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1740, with the south wing added about 1800. It is a one-story, T-shaped, frame building on a stone foundation. The original section measures 50 feet by 26 feet. The building was renovated in 1850 and, in 1885, the flat ceilings were adorned with decorative frescoes of rich Victorian patterns by Giuseppe Oddenino. The building was renovated again in 1961.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

In 1802, a new pipe organ made by David Tannenberg, perhaps America's most renowned early builder of pipe organs, was installed in the Hebron Lutheran Church. As the largest remaining and virtually unaltered example of Tannenberg's or any other extant organs from the colonial period, it is of special importance in American organbuilding history. It, like the church wherein it is located, are special examples of American history.

Pastors

The following pastors have served Hebron Lutheran Church.

  • John Caspar Stoever 1733-1739
  • George Samuel Klug 1739-1764
  • Johannes Schwarbach 1765-1775
  • Jacob Frank 1775-1778

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (January 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hebron Lutheran Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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