Waverly in Sussex County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Ellis Preaching House

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010

1. Ellis Preaching House Marker

Inscription. Nearby to the northeast stood Ellis Preaching House, an early Methodist meetingplace in Sussex County. Francis Asbury, a pioneering Methodist leader and circuit rider, first visited the Ellis family in 1775 and later conducted services at the preaching house on numerous occasions. The Ellis Preaching House, built by 1782, received its name because it was constructed on property owned by William Ellis. Annual conference meetings were held there in April 1782, May 1783, and April 1784. After the 1784 meeting, Methodists convened in Baltimore, Maryland, and formed the Methodist Episcopal Church. The preaching house was still standing in the 1820s.

Erected 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-314.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1782.

Location. 37° 0.948′ N, 77° 3.723′ W. Marker is in Waverly, Virginia, in Sussex County. It is at the intersection of South County Drive (U.S. 460) and Walnut Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on South County Drive

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. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waverly VA 23890, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Early Peanut Crop (approx. 1.3 miles away); Miles B. Carpenter (approx. 2.3 miles away); Coppahaunk Springs (approx. 2.3 miles away); World War I Monument (approx. 2.4 miles away); World War II - Korea - Vietnam Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); Roadside Commerce (approx. 5 miles away); Wakefield Fountain Corner (approx. 5 miles away); Colonel Michael Blow (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waverly.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,773 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 20, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.