Near Zenda in Rockingham County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Long's Chapel and Zenda
Photographed By Linda Walcroft, October 31, 2010
1. Long's Chapel and Zenda Marker
Inscription.
Long's Chapel and Zenda. . Long's Chapel was built in 1870, a year after William and Hannah Carpenter and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ deeded land here "to colored people… for … a church, burial ground, and a school house." Henry Carter, Milton Grant, William Timbers, and Richard Fortune, all formerly enslaved, owned two-acre "home plots" where the community of Zenda grew to 17 households of 80 people by 1900. The school, where notable Harrisonburg educator Lucy Simms began her career, closed in 1925. In Zenda, blacks freely exercised new rights to worship, marriage, education, property, and burial in a marked gravesite.
Long's Chapel was built in 1870, a year after William and Hannah Carpenter and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ deeded land here "to colored people… for … a church, burial ground, and a school house." Henry Carter, Milton Grant, William Timbers, and Richard Fortune, all formerly enslaved, owned two-acre "home plots" where the community of Zenda grew to 17 households of 80 people by 1900. The school, where notable Harrisonburg educator Lucy Simms began her career, closed in 1925. In Zenda, blacks freely exercised new rights to worship, marriage, education, property, and burial in a marked gravesite.
Erected 2008 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number D-1-a.)
Location. 38° 30.768′ N, 78° 45.804′ W. Marker is near Zenda, Virginia, in Rockingham County. Marker is on Fridley's Gap Road (County Route 811) 0.1 miles east of Indian Trail Road (County Route 717), on the right. About 10 miles northeast of Harrisonburg in small town of Zenda. Touch for map.
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Marker is at or near this postal address: 1334-B Fridleys Gap Road, Harrisonburg VA 22802, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Memorial at Cemetery Entrance behind Long's Chapel
"This Memorial is for The Named and the Nameless,
Who labored, suffered and endured are now at rest
Well Done, Good and Faithful Servants… Matt. 25:23.
July 4, 1776
All men are created equal, they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. That among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
USA
LCPS 5 - 2010"
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2010, by Linda Walcroft of Woodstock, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,380 times since then and 114 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 31, 2010, by Linda Walcroft of Woodstock, Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.