St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Haymarket, Virginia)

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church, November 2006
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LocationOff VA 55, Haymarket, Virginia
Coordinates 38°49′5″N77°38′26″W / 38.81806°N 77.64056°W / 38.81806; -77.64056
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1801 (1801), 1867
ArchitectWren, James
NRHP reference No. 75002031 [1]
VLR No.233-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1975
Designated VLRDecember 17, 1974 [2]

St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Haymarket, Virginia, United States. It was started in 1801 and is a two-story, gable-roofed brick church building. The building originally served as the district courthouse for Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudon, and Prince William counties. It later housed Hygeia Academy. It was consecrated as a church in 1834, and remodeled in 1867, after being gutted during the American Civil War. The remodeling added the frame chancel, bracketed cornice, and octagonal belfry and spire. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Paul's Episcopal Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo