When I drove through Mt. Airy, this building caught my eye. It is situated in what appears to be an open area. When I drove in for a closer look, I realized that the building was sitting in the middle of a cemetery. It didn’t look like a church. The only thing about the building that tells you anything about it is the date above the door, 1846. A sign near the door lets visitors know that this is the site of an old school house, but there is a lot that was left unexplained after my visit.
A quick internet search tells us that this building is called the Pine Grove chapel, but was originally called the Ridge Presbyterian Church. While built as a place of worship, its basement was also used as a school.
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