Lamb's Creek Church (Sealston, Virginia)

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Lamb's Creek Church

Episcopal
( Brunswick Parish Church )
Sealston, Virginia
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Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish
King George County, Virginia

(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Location: Lamb's Creek Road, off Route 3

Sealston, Virginia

Nearest city: King George, Virginia
Built/Founded: 1769
Architect: John Ariss
Architectural style(s): Colonial
Added to NRHP: September 22, 1972
NRHP Reference#: 72001403 [1]
Governing body: Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish

Lamb's Creek Church is an historic Episcopal church located off Virginia Route 3 on Lamb's Creek Road in Sealston, King George County, Virginia, in the United States. On September 22, 1972, Lamb's Creek Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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[edit] National Register listing

  • Lamb's Creek Church ** (added 1972 - Building - #72001403)
  • VA 607, Sealston
  • Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
  • Architect, builder, or engineer: Ariss,John
  • Architectural Style: Colonial
  • Area of Significance: Architecture, Religion
  • Period of Significance: 1750-1799
  • Owner: Private
  • Historic Function: Religion
  • Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
  • Current Function: Religion
  • Current Sub-function: Religious Structure


[edit] Current use

Lamb's Creek Church is still in use and is one of three churches that form the Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. The rector of the parish is the Rev. Deborah Johnson Newcomb.[2] Services are held on the last Sunday of August each year. The blessing of the animals is conducted in October each year.[3]

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