Situated on a knoll overlooking the surrounding pastures of the Green Spring community in northern Frederick County, Virginia, Old Stone Church, with its adjacent cemetery and stone wall, produces a feeling of tranquility against its backdrop of evergreen and deciduous trees. Mountains are visible in the distance and the landscape is dotted with farms, much like it would have appeared when the church was constructed around 1820. A country lane winds through the surrounding pastures to the church, where the stone gate posts, a contributing resource, still remain. The church was rebuilt in 1838 after fire damaged the building. Old Stone Church is architecturally significant and has maintained its integrity for nearly two centuries with few changes being made. The Old Stone Church is the earliest extant Lutheran church and the second oldest stone church surviving in Frederick County today. The church was built as a religious meetinghouse for the early German Lutherans of Frederick County and was also used as a school to educate students of the local community. The cemetery, a contributing site located to the east of the church, contains grave markers of early settlers to the area, many dating from the early to mid-nineteenth century. Old Stone Church has always served as a gathering place for the people of the Green Spring community. Today the Old Stone Church Memorial Association maintains the church, and although Old Stone Church no longer has an active congregation or school, it continues to provide a place for annual reunions, picnics, and weddings for many descendants of these original settlers as well as local residents. The church with its adjacent cemetery remains a special place to the people of the Green Spring community of Frederick County. - NRHP, 6 December 2000