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  1. SUBJECT:

    2. The Lutheran (now Brethren) Church.

  2. LOCATION:

    3. East side of Main Street, Dayton, VA.

  3. DATE:

    4. Prior to 1840.

  4. OWNERS:

    5. The original owners were the Lutheran and Methodist Congregations. The present owners are the Brethren Congregation.

  5. DESCRIPTION:

    6. The original wooden building was very crude in every way. It has been replaced by a plain, but substantial brick building. There are double front doors and large plain, stained glass windows.

  6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

    7. My information is that the two congregations, Lutheran and Methodist, were continually in a fight, and finally, after much litigation, sold out to the present owners, the Brethren Church, and peace and quiet returned.

  7. ART:
  8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants: Mr. Spencer and Mr. Flick.

Court Records of Rockingham County, at Harrisonburg, VA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 9, 1937 W.A. Byerly

Bridgewater, VA