Near Kenbridge in Lunenburg County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 21, 2017
1. St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church Marker
Inscription.
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church. . Three miles west stood St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church of Cumberland Parish. Bishop William Meade consecrated the building, later known as St. John’s Woodend, in 1832. The Rev. Charles C. Taliaferro was its first minister. The church’s predecessor, Flat Rock Church, had been built by 1760. With its recessed entrance and low church chancel arrangement, St. John’s reflected the distinctive style of church architecture then popular in Virginia. The congregation dispersed by 1963. The legacy of parish records, communion silver, stained glass windows, and stewardship of the cemetery passed to the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, in Kenbridge.
Three miles west stood St. John’s Protestant
Episcopal Church of Cumberland Parish. Bishop
William Meade consecrated the building, later
known as St. John’s Woodend, in 1832. The Rev.
Charles C. Taliaferro was its first minister. The
church’s predecessor, Flat Rock Church, had been
built by 1760. With its recessed entrance and low
church chancel arrangement, St. John’s reflected
the distinctive style of church architecture then
popular in Virginia. The congregation dispersed by
1963. The legacy of parish records, communion
silver, stained glass windows, and stewardship of
the cemetery passed to the Episcopal Church of
St. Paul and St. Andrew, in Kenbridge.
Erected 2014 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SN-68.)
Location. 36° 52.746′ N, 78° 4.995′ W. Marker is near Kenbridge, Virginia, in Lunenburg County. Marker is at the intersection of South Hill Road (Virginia Route 138) and Brickland Road (County Route 613), on the left when traveling south on South Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kenbridge VA 23944, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 217 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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