Lamb's Creek Church (Sealston, Virginia)
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Lamb's Creek Church Episcopal |
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(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]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-07-27).
- ^ Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish official website.
- ^ St. Paul's Episcopal Church history - discusses Emmanuel Church
[edit] External links
- Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish official website.
- History of Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish
- Lamb's Creek Church Cemetery
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church history - discusses Lamb's Creek Church
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