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 • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • 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. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. New Providence Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rockbridge County / Augusta County (approx. 1½ miles

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away); Virginia Inventors (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).

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 1,223 times since then and 59 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.