Old Lutheran Church

Old Lutheran Church is a Virginia historical marker in Roanoke (Ind. City) County, dedicated 1934.

Rte. 11 (Brandon Avenue) SW, 100 feet north of the entrance to Brandon Oaks senior community.

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Tradition has it that the church near by was built where Moravian and Lutheran missionaries preached soon after the Revolution. Here, in 1796, Lutherans held services and, a little later, organized their first congregation in this section. In 1828, the Lutheran synod of North Carolina met here and consecrated the church.

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1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · State of Virginia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Map Of Virginia (lower center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, 1794, covering the location of Old Lutheran Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, 1794, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Old Lutheran Church

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