Near Chester in Chesterfield County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Enon Baptist Church

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 29, 2009

1. Enon Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Enon Baptist Church was organized on 8 October 1849. The church was built here on a one-acre tract given by the founder, John Alexander Strachan. In May 1864, during the Civil War, Union army troops under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler dismantled Enon Baptist Church and moved the lumber to nearby Point of Rocks where they used it to build a military hospital. After the war, members of the congregation dismantled the hospital and used the material to rebuild the present Enon Church. Later, the congregation petitioned Congress and was awarded compensation for the army's destruction of the building.

Erected 1997 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-200.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1864.

Location. 37° 20.59′ N, 77° 19.417′ W. Marker is near Chester, Virginia, in Chesterfield County. It is at the intersection of North Enon Church Road (Virginia Route 618) and Bermuda Hundred Road, on the right when traveling north on North Enon Church Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13607 North Enon Church Road, Chester VA 23836, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Central Virginia,

and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area.

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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Port Walthall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Point of Rocks (approx. 0.6 miles away); Historic Point of Rocks (approx. 1.6 miles away); Crimean Ovens (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Historic Point of Rocks (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Strachan House (approx. 1.8 miles away); Point of Rocks Hospital (approx. 1.8 miles away); Nurses at Point of Rocks Hospital (approx. 1.8 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Enon Baptist Church. (Submitted on November 29, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)
2. Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Chesterfield Heritage Alliance (Submitted on November 29, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)

Enon Church & Bermuda Hundred Roads image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 29, 2009

2. Enon Church & Bermuda Hundred Roads

Enon Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 29, 2009

3. Enon Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,067 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 29, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.