St. Thomas Church - Orange, VA
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vhasler
N 38° 14.622 W 078° 06.804
17S E 752619 N 4236795
St. Thomas Episcopal Church was built in 1833.
Waymark Code: WM9ZR3
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2010
Views: 10
From the church website (secondary link below), we learn:
"The congregation of St. Thomas's began to grow in the 1800s, and in 1832 the present church lot was purchased. A church building was erected the following year. That building ~ the core of the present church ~ is thought to have been built by one or more of the builders trained by Thomas Jefferson, likely William Phillips, his master mason. Even so, the original building was a simple, rectangular brick structure. Another Jefferson-trained builder produced the Jeffersonian, Neoclassical additions in 1853."
The church building is in excellent shape with loving attention by the congregation.
Street address:
119 Caroline St
Orange, VA USA
22960
County / Borough / Parish: Orange County
Year listed: 1976
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1975-2000
Historic function: Health Care, Religion
Current function: Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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