St Paul's Episcopal Church
- Address: VA 55
- Vicinity: Off VA 55
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1802/00/00 | James Christopher Wren | Architect | St Paul's is built in Flemish bond brick, 1801-1803, as a district courthouse for Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudon and Prince William counties. | |||
1812/00/00 | Hygeia Academy buys the old district courthouse and operates here until it closes in 1816. | |||||
1822/00/00 | Old Hygeia Academy is bought by William Skinker Jr and Parson Steeler begins holding Episcopal meetings. | |||||
1830/00/00 | William Skinker Jr donates his building to the Episcopal Church. | |||||
1834/00/00 | Bishop William Meade | Vocation | St Paul's is consecrated by Bishop William Meade. | |||
1861/06/21 | Confederate Army commandeers St Paul's to use as a hospital at the First Battle of Manassas. | First Battle of Bull Run | ||||
1862/08/30 | Union Army use St Paul's as a hospital at the Second Battle of Manassas. | Second Battle of Bull Run | ||||
1862/11/05 | Union troops strip St Paul's of its pews and use the sanctuary as a stable. The building was fired by the departing troops. | Burning of Haymarket by Union Troops | ||||
1862/11/06 | The walls of St Paul's and three small houses near it escape destruction in the fire and, as a consequence, the town remained virtually unpopulated for the remainder of the Civil War. | Burning of Haymarket by Union Troops | ||||
1867/00/00 | St Paul's Episcopal Churchis restored at a cost of $600 and services are resumed. | |||||
1915/12/01 | Edmund Berkeley | Died | Edmund Berkeley dies at the age of 91. He is buried at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Haymarket. |
Particulars for St Paul's Episcopal Church: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Courthouse |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Area of Significance | Religion |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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