Mitchells Presbyterian Church in Culpeper County was also decorated by Joseph Oddenino. And there is a marker to the organ-maker, David Tannenberg, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvaniia.
By Paul Crumlish, October 11, 2009
Wide view of the Mitchells Presbyterian Church Marker
This Gothic Revival church, built in 1879, contains an elaborate example of trompe-l’oeil fresco painting done in 1888. Joseph Dominick Phillip Oddenino, an Italian immigrant artist, painted to deceive the eye into believing that his plaster . . . — — Map (db m122068) HM
One of America’s foremost pipe organ builders. Tannenberg, born at Berthelsdorf, Germany, emigrated to the Moravian community at Bethlehem in 1749. From 1760-65 he lived at Burnside Plantation, where he built organs as an apprentice of Johann . . . — — Map (db m29781) HM