Hungars Church
Begun in 1742 and completed by 1751, Hungars Episcopal Church is one of two remaining colonial churches on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. As originally built, it was over ninety feet in […]
St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church
The completion of St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888 symbolized the beginning of a period of ascendancy for Norfolk’s African American congregations. The church was the first of […]
First Baptist Church
One of Norfolk’s major architectural landmarks, First Baptist is the mother church of the city’s African American Baptists. Norfolk’s Baptists organized in 1800 and included both Black and White congregants. […]
First Denbigh Parish Church Archaeological Site
The site of the first Denbigh Parish Church is the earliest datable ecclesiastical site within the former Warwick County, now the city of Newport News. Constructed before 1635 and taking […]
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Tucked deep in the woods of New Kent County, Olivet Presbyterian Church shows the effectiveness of the Greek Revival style in its most elementary form. The otherwise spartan wooden church […]
Old Christiansburg Industrial Institute
On a promontory above the Montgomery County town of Christiansburg, the Old Christiansburg Industrial Institute (Hill School) and the Schaeffer Memorial Baptist Church, both built in 1885, are monuments in […]
Christ Church
The present and second church of Christ Church Parish In Middlesex County was completed in the 1720s. Alexander Graves served as its mason, and John Hipkins, Sr., as its carpenter. […]
Lower Chapel
Lower Chapel is one of two chapels ordered in 1710, along with the main parish church, to serve Middlesex County’s Christ Church Parish. The other chapel does not survive. Lower […]
Methodist Tabernacle
The Methodists were among the first and most enthusiastic supporters of revivals—special religious events frequently held outdoors and designed to renew and intensify faith. All through the 19th century, revivals […]
Hebron Lutheran Church
Dating from 1740, the simple cruciform Hebron Lutheran Church, set in the pastoral landscape of Madison County, is America’s oldest house of worship in continuous use by Lutherans. The congregation […]
