660 S Main St

From the National Register nomination

Gothic Revival one-story church of cinder block with a painted brick veneer. The multiple gable roof has steep pitches and asphalt-shingled or simulation slate sheathing. The tower on the principal south side has chamfered corners, a corbeled top, and a metal-sheathed spire with square and octagonal bases and a cross finial. The principal entry has a vertical board door hung on decorative strap hinges in a lancet surround. Windows have square or segmental heads, and some have diamond-pane sash. In two of the south gables are round windows. The west end features buttresses with weatherings and a tall lancet panel of stone or simulation stone with a cross design. Other features include a Social Hall at the rear (east) end and a Celtic cross finial on the west gable. Emmanuel Episcopal was designed by Charlottesville architect Milton L. Grigg. The cornerstone was laid in 1959 and the building consecrated in 1965. The 1955-60 Sanborn map states that the church was built in 1960. It stands on the site of the 19th century Episcopal Parsonage. (Open House, 6)