churches

Early Virginia Churches

1608 – Jamestown Memorial Church, James City County, Church of England -then Episcopal, 4th structure built 1690

1610 – Saint John’s Church, Hampton (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1728

1613 – Westover Episcopal Church, Charles City County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1730

1633 – Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal, current church building established 1678, rebuilt 1715

1636 – Saint George’s Church (also known as Pungoteague Church), Accomack County, Church of England -then Episcopal. Parish founded 1636, first building completed 1676, rebuilt in 1738, structure rebuilt 1880.

1655 – Yeocomico Church (Cople Parish), Westmoreland, Church of England -then Episcopal, first church built about 1655, current structure built 1706

1657 – Merchant’s Hope Church, Prince George County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1740

1664 – Aquia Church (Overwharton Parish), Stafford County, Church of England -then Episcopal, two previous churches built on this site, current structure built 1751, interior rebuilt after a fire in 1757

1666 – Christ Church, Saluda, a town in Middlesex County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built about 1712

1667 – Saint Paul’s Church, King George County, Church of England -then Episcopal, previos wooden structures built 1690 and 1725, current structure built 1766

1669 – Saint Mary’s Whitechapel, Lancaster, Church of England -then Episcopal. Parish founded 1657, church founded in 1669, current structure built 1675.

1670 – Historic Christ Church, Lancaster County, Church of England -then Episcopal, wooden church built 1670, current structure built 1735 (Link to virtual tour)

1674 – Mattaponi Church, King & Queen County, Church of England -then Episcopal. First building 1674, the lower church for St. Stephen’s parish, current structure built about 1730-1734. In 1803 It became a Baptist Church.

1679 – Saint Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1703

1680 – Old Saint John’s Church, King William County (West Point), Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1734

1682 – Saint Luke’s Church (also known as Old Brick Church), Isle of Wight, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built about 1682

1683 – North Farnham Parish Church, Old Rappahannock County then Richmond County in 1692, Church of England -then Episcopal, first church built about 1655, current structure built 1737, fire 1887, restored 1921.

1697 – Grace Church, Yorktown, (York County), Church of England -then Episcopal, church reconstruction after fire 1848

1701 Manakin Episcopal Church, Powhatan County, Church of England -then Episcopal, first church built by Huguenots in America. Moved to present site 1730, original church no longer standing. The 4th church was built in 1895.

1704 – Saint Anne’s Parish, Essex County, Parish formed 1704. First church built closer to Glebe house, near mouth of Occupacia creek at the end of Dangerfield Landing Road, in use 1665-1721. Sale’s church replaced this lower church by the mouth of the Occupaia creek and existed about 1721-1776. Vauter’s Church was built about 1731. Note, Vaughter’s Church & the Glebe House and/or first church were about 3 miles apart.

1724 – Pohick Church, originally called Occoquan Church, the Mother Church of Northern VA, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure finished being built 1774

1728 – Saint George’s Church, Fredericksburg (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal. Parish established 1720. First church wooden, second a brick building in 1815. Third & current structure was built 1849.

1732 – First Church, Muddy Creek Church, a small log cabin. Brick structure: Lamb’s Creek Church, King George County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1769

1733 – Falls Church, Falls Church (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1769, oldest surviving church building north of Quantico

1736 – Goose Creek Chapel, Leesburg, a town in Loudoun County, Church of England -then Episcopal, no longer standing

1736 – Blandford Church (also known as Saint Paul’s or The Brick Church), Petersburg (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1736

1739 – Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1739

1740 – Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison County, oldest Lutheran church in the country, & 1 of 4 wooden churches surviving from colonial days.

1740 – Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, Augusta County, current structure (third) built 1850

1740 – Augusta Stone Church, Augusta County, Oldest Presbyterian church in Virginia still in use, current structure built 1749

1741 – Saint John’s Church, Richmond (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1741

1745 – Rocky Run Church, Centerville area of Fairfax County, Church of England -then Episcopal, no longer standing

1745 – Grace Episcopal Church (also known as Middle Church & Walker Church), Albemarle County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built , rebuilt after a fire 1895

1755 – Polegreen Presbyterian Church, Hanover County, original structure no longer standing

1766 – Payne’s Church, Fairfax County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure, no longer standing

1773 – Christ Church, Alexandria (Independent City), Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1773

1773 – Little Fork Episcopal Church, Culpeper County, Church of England -then Episcopal, current structure built 1773

1774 – Muddy Creek Baptist Church, Powhatan County, one of oldest Baptist Churches in VA

1774 – First Baptist Church, Petersburg (Independent City), an African American congregation organized in 1774. (church constitution on Virginia Humanities Encyclopedia Virginia site)