Thomas Methodist Episcopal Chapel

{{short description|Historic church in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Thomas Methodist Episcopal Chapel

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = June 6, 2004{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|accessdate=2013-05-12}}

| designated_other1_number = 009-0178

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Thomas Methodist Episcopal Chapel.jpg

| caption = Seen from the east

| location = Penicks Mill Rd. north of Thaxton, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|22|50|N|79|37|38|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = 1844

| architect =

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = August 11, 2004

| area = {{convert|1.4|acre}}

| refnum = 04000844{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

Thomas Methodist Episcopal Chapel, also known as Thomas Chapel and Thomas Chapel United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Thaxton, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built in 1844, and is a small, rectangular-plan, one-story, one-room, brick structure in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It measures 30 feet wide and 40 feet long, and has a three-bay facade and a pedimented front gable roof.{{cite web|url = http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0178_Thomas_Methodist_Episcopal_Chapel_2004_Final_Nomination.pdf |title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thomas Methodist Episcopal Chapel|author = Michael J. Pulice|date = February 2004}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/Bedford_ThomasMEChapel_photographs_page.htm Accompanying four photos]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.