Near Middlebrook in Augusta County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Mount Tabor Lutheran Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 18, 2011

1. Mount Tabor Lutheran Church Marker

Inscription. Shenandoah Valley circuit-riding preacher Paul Henkel formed Mount Tabor Lutheran Church about 1785, several miles to the east. It shared a log building with St. John’s, a Lutheran and Reformed union congregation. Under the direction of David Frederick Bittle, the Mount Tabor congregation moved here in 1838 and built a brick church within the current cemetery. In 1842 Bittle and Christopher C. Baughman organized a preparatory school for boys in the church parsonage about a mile west. The school became the Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1845. It moved to Salem in 1847, where it became Roanoke College in 1853. Construction of the present church building was completed in 1889.

Erected 2003 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number A-106.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1785.

Location. 38° 4.702′ N, 79° 11.493′ W. Marker is near Middlebrook, Virginia, in Augusta County. It is on Mt. Tabor Road (County Route 694) 0.1 miles north of Middlebrook Road (Virginia Route 252), on the left when

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traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 334 Mt Tabor Road, Middlebrook VA 24459, 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: Virginia Institute (here, next to this marker); Middlebrook Historic District (approx. 2.2 miles away); Glebe Burying Ground (approx. 2½ miles away); Bethel Church (approx. 4.3 miles away); Roanoke College (approx. 4.3 miles away); Avenue of Trees (approx. 4.7 miles away); Augusta County Training School (approx. 5.8 miles away); West View (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middlebrook.

Two Markers on Church Grounds image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 18, 2011

2. Two Markers on Church Grounds

Mount Tabor Lutheran Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 18, 2011

3. Mount Tabor Lutheran Church

Mount Tabor Lutheran Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 18, 2011

4. Mount Tabor Lutheran Church Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,081 times since then and 58 times this year. Last updated on August 24, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 16, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.