St John's Episcopal Church
- Also Known As: New Church also Church on Richmond Hill
- Address: E Broad St
- Vicinity: Between 24th St and 25th St
- Neighborhood of Church Hill in Richmond
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1741/06/10 | Richard Randolph of Curles | Benefactor | St John's Church original sanctuary, the east-west transept of the current church, is finished. | |||
| 1775/03/20 | George Washington | Representative | Second Virginia Convention | Second Virginia Convention | ||
| 1775/03/20 | Isaac Zane | Representative | Second Virginia Convention | Second Virginia Convention | ||
| 1775/03/23 | Patrick Henry | Representative | Patrick Henry presents a proposal to the Convention's president, Peyton Randolph, to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county. Henry closes with the words: Give me liberty, or give me death! | Give me liberty, or give me death! | Second Virginia Convention | |
| 1775/08/09 | Thomas Jefferson | Representative | Thomas Jefferson attends the Second Virginia Convention, a common form of interim state government in the early years of the Revolution. | Second Virginia Convention | ||
| 1811/12/08 | Eliza Hopkins Poe | Died | Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe dies at the age of twenty-four, surrounded by her children. It is generally believed she died of tuberculosis. She is buried at St John's Episcopal Church in Richmond. |
| Particulars for St John's Episcopal Church: | |
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| Sight Category | Building |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
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