Hebron Lutheran Church Cemetery in Madison, Virginia

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Get directions 899 Blankenbaker Road (Rt. 653)
Madison, Virginia 22727 United States

Coordinates: 38.40676, -78.24808
(540) 948-43
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Hebron Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church located in the countryside northeast of Madison, Madison County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1740, with the south wing added about 1800. It is a one-story, "T" shaped, frame building on a stone foundation. The original section measures 50 feet by 26 feet. The building was renovated in 1850 and, in 1885, the flat ceilings were adorned with decorative frescoes of rich Victorian patterns by Giuseppe Oddenino. The building was renovated again in 1961. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

The cemetery is located across the road from the church. Many people incorrectly assume that the early German settlers of the Germanna settlement would have been buried at the Hebron Lutheran Church, but its cemetery was only established in the early twentieth century with the first burial taking place January 2, 1900. The Reverend William Peter Huddle wrote in his book, "History of the Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison County, Virginia From 1717 to 1907, page 101, "Strange it may seem this church had no cemetery for so many years. This seeming neglect, if neglect it be, can be accounted for partly by the fact that the ground around it was long considered unfit for burial purposes."