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Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: August 12, 2010
Caption: Triple Decker Pulpit in Christ Church
Additional Description: This triple deck pulpit is one of two surviving in Virginia from the colonial times. The other is in Aquia Church, which was itself modeled after this Christ Church. You can see the high-backed pews here as well. During the Civil War, many churches were used as stables, and horses often chewed the tops off the pews. During reconstruction, the pew tops were simply cut down instead of restored. Christ Church apparently didn't suffer the same fate, so its high-backed pews survived.
Submitted: August 17, 2010, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p123080
File Size: 2.004 Megabytes

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