Steeles Tavern in Augusta County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Old Providence Church

Photographed by Kathy Walker, October 19, 2009

1. Old Providence Church Marker

Inscription. Two and a half miles northwest. As early as 1748 a log meeting house stood there. In 1793 a stone church (still standing) was built. In 1859 it was succeeded by a brick church, which gave way to the present building in 1918. In the graveyard rest ancestors of Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the reaper, and fourteen Revolutionary soldiers.

Erected 1939 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number A-31.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1748.

Location. 37° 56.511′ N, 79° 11.241′ W. Marker is in Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in Augusta County. It is at the intersection of Lee Jackson Highway (U.S. 11) and Spottswood Road (Virginia Route 620), on the right when traveling south on Lee Jackson Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenville VA 24440, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named New Providence Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rockbridge County / Augusta County

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(approx. 1½ miles away); The Marl Creek Interpretive Trail (approx. 1.6 miles away); Walnut Grove (approx. 1.6 miles away); Cyrus H. McCormick (approx. 1.6 miles away); New Providence Presbyterian Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); Roanoke College (approx. 6.8 miles away); Bethel Church (approx. 6.8 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. New Providence Church (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Virginia Inventors (was approx. 1½ miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Kathy Walker, October 19, 2009

2. Old Providence Church Marker

Looking south on Route 11

Old Providence Church 1793 Structure image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Forest McDermott, July 22, 2008

3. Old Providence Church 1793 Structure

Old Providence Church Current Structure 1918 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Forest McDermott, July 22, 2008

4. Old Providence Church Current Structure 1918

Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2009, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,808 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 28, 2009, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on July 9, 2010, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.