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词条 St. Paul's Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
释义

  1. History

  2. Architecture

  3. Gallery

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox NRHP
| name =St. Paul's Church
| nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = April 21, 1981[1]
| designated_other1_number = 118-0196
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = St Pauls Church Lynchburg Nov 08.JPG
| caption = St. Paul's Church, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
| location= 605 Clay St., Lynchburg, Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|37|24|54|N|79|8|51|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Virginia#USA
| built = {{Start date|1891}}
| architect = Day, Frank Miles
| architecture = Richardsonian Romanesque
| added = September 9, 1982
| area = {{convert|1|acre}}
| governing_body = Private
| refnum = 82004572[2]
}}

St. Paul's Church is a historic Episcopal church in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.

History

Lynchburg's oldest Episcopal parish was established in 1822. A replacement building was constructed in 1852, which Vermont schoolteacher turned local businessman and vestryman Elijah Fletcher helped fund. By then, Fletcher had moved his principal residence back to Amherst, Virginia, and helped found Ascension Episcopal Church there, although he conducted business and owned property in both the village and city. After his death and the American Civil War, one of his daughters, Indiana Fletcher Williams, would marry Episcopal priest J. Henry Williams of New York, and after the death of their only child, Daisy, and (though her last will and testament) found Sweet Briar College (incorporated in 1901 and on whose board successive rectors of this parish sat).

The current building was planned in 1888, cornerstone laid on May 26, 1891, first service held in the still-unfinished building the week before Christmas 1895. It is on a different lot from the 1852 building, which by then was considered too small. The architect, Day of Philadelphia, would later become known for his collegiate Gothic designs on the campuses of Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and Wellesley College. The belfry was added in 1912, pursuant to plans submitted by a local architectural firm, Lewis & Burnham, although not in the original Day plans. The same firm built a parish house at the same time. Although local tradition attributes the stained glass windows to Louis Tiffany, and they are of that school, no documentation supporting that attribution has yet been found.

In the 1960s, the parish bought the adjacent Carter Glass house for use as a parish house, the previous parish house being too small.

During remodeling in 1970s, the organ and choir were moved to the rear balcony and most chancel furniture removed.

Architecture

The building is of Richardsonian Romanesque design and constructed of gray granite (quarried in southwest Virginia), and trimmed with brownstone. A belfry was added in . Connected to the main sanctuary is the parish house, built in 1912.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2] It is located in the Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District.

Gallery

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}}
2. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Lynchburg/118-0196_St_Pauls_Church_1982_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Paul's Church |author=S. Allen Chambers |date=April 1982 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and Accompanying photo

External links

  • [https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/va1117/ St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Clay & Seventh Streets, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, VA] at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Pauls Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)}}{{LynchburgVA-NRHP-stub}}{{Virginia-church-stub}}

13 : 19th-century Episcopal church buildings|1822 establishments in Virginia|Churches completed in 1891|Churches in Lynchburg, Virginia|Episcopal churches in Virginia|Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia|Historic district contributing properties in Virginia|Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia|National Register of Historic Places in Lynchburg, Virginia|Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia|Religious organizations established in 1822|Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Virginia|Romanesque Revival church buildings in Virginia

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