Blandford Church, Petersburg
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N 37° 13.539 W 077° 23.259
18S E 288169 N 4122575
Blandford Church, known more commonly as Old Blandford Church, dates to 1735, when it was an Anglican Church called St. Paul's Church. This area was the scene of fighting during the Revolutionary War. The church is now a Confederate Memorial Chapel.
Waymark Code: WMKZ3
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2006
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What is now known as Blandford Church was originally constructed in 1735 as an Anglican Church. This area was the scene of fighting during the Revolutionary War. Following the war, a new Episcopal church was built closer to central Petersburg and the congregation declined and finally abandoned the structure.
The City of Petersburg partially restored the church to prevent it from falling to ruin in the 1880's, but this was incomplete. The Ladies Memorial Association stepped in and restored the church for use as a Confederate Memorial Chapel beginning in 1901. Funds were solicited from all of the former states of the Confederacy to purchase and install new stained glass windows designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany's studio - one for each state.
The dedication plaque reads:
THE BRICK CHURCH ON WELL’S HILL
OR
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-BRISTOL PARISH
NOW KNOWN AS
OLD BLANDFORD CHURCH
1735Abandoned by the congregation – 1805 – Acquired
by John Grammer by Land Office Treasury
Warrant March 23, 1818, and deeded by him to
the Town of Petersburg March 1, 1819 – Ruins
partially restored by City of Petersburg in
1882 – placed in care of The Ladies Memorial
Association of Petersburg in 1901 and through
their efforts restored as a Memorial to the
Soldiers of the Confederate States of America
THIS TABLET PLACED BY
THE LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
1935.
Some 30,000 Confederate Soldiers are buried inthe Cofederate Cemetery near this church. An annual memorial service is held here each June 9th. Tours are given seven days a week.
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