Frying Pan Meetinghouse

The Frying Pan Meetinghouse (also known as Frying Pan Old School Baptist Church (1832) or Frying Pan Spring Meeting House) is a historic church building within Frying Pan Farm Park in Floris, Virginia.

Frying Pan Meetinghouse
View from the south
Frying Pan Meetinghouse is located in Northern Virginia
Frying Pan Meetinghouse
Frying Pan Meetinghouse is located in Virginia
Frying Pan Meetinghouse
Frying Pan Meetinghouse is located in the United States
Frying Pan Meetinghouse
Location2615 Centreville Rd.,
Floris, Virginia
Coordinates38°56′24″N 77°24′48″W / 38.94000°N 77.41333°W / 38.94000; -77.41333
NRHP reference No.91000016 [1]
VLR No.029-0015
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 5, 1991
Designated VLRDecember 11, 1990[2]

It was built in 1791 as a church building. In 1984 the last remaining trustee deeded the building to the Fairfax County Park Authority to preserve and maintain the property.[3] The building and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Frying Pan Park, accessed August 23, 2012.