Salem Chapel

Salem Chapel is a Virginia historical marker in Mecklenburg County, dedicated 1934.

Rte. 1/58 (West Danville Street), near Goodes Ferry Road, South Hill

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A mile south is the site of Salem Chapel, one of the pioneer Methodist churches of the state. Of it Francis Asbury wrote, "the best house we have in the country part of Virginia." There he held four sessions of the Virginia Annual conference: November, 1795; April, 1798; March, 1802; April, 1804. The building was burned about 1870.

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Historical maps covering this location

1795 · North-Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1802 · United States 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · North Carolina (Lucas, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman 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)

United States 1, 1802, covering the location of Salem Chapel, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — United States 1, 1802, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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