{"id":1495,"date":"2023-03-20T16:54:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T16:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-pc.flywheelstaging.com\/?post_type=attractions&#038;p=1495"},"modified":"2023-03-21T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:17:06","slug":"the-rock-churches-of-bob-childress","status":"publish","type":"attractions","link":"https:\/\/visitpatrickcounty.org\/attractions\/the-rock-churches-of-bob-childress\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock Churches of Bob Childress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Made famous by the book The Man Who Moved A Mountain by Richard C. Davids, Patrick County is home to two of the five beautiful Rock Churches in the area. Mayberry Presbyterian Church (1925) and Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church (1932), both in Meadows of Dan, were built by Rev. Robert Childress from the stone of the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can take a three-hour Backroads Tour of all five churches created by The Mountain Laurel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayberry Pres. 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