Near Surry in Surry County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Glebe House of Southwark Parish

Photographed by Laura Troy, September 23, 2007

1. Glebe House of Southwark Parish Marker

Inscription. Nearby stands the glebe house of the formerly Anglican Southwark Parish that was built soon after 1724. A glebe was a parcel of land owned by a colonial church and farmed to pay the minister’s expenses. This glebe house was used as a parish rectory and is one in a rare surviving group in Virginia. The first to live here was the Reverend John Cargill, a leading colonial cleric. The dis-establishment of the Anglican church resulted in the property's sale into private ownership in 1802. Exterior chimneys were added and the gable roof was rebuilt as a gambrel. The property was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Erected 2001 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-228.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Notable Buildings • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1724.

Location. 37° 8.131′ N, 76° 53.526′ W. Marker is near Surry, Virginia, in Surry County. It is on Colonial Trail East (Virginia Route 10) north of Hollybush Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Surry VA 23883, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Southwark Parish Churches (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pace’s Paines (approx. 0.3 miles away); English Settlement on Gray’s Creek (approx. 0.3 miles away); Christian Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Organization of the Christian Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Surry County WWII Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Smith’s Fort Plantation (approx. 3.1 miles away); Chanco (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Surry.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Organization of the Christian Church (was approx. 2.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . National Registry of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for The Glebe House. The Nomination Form for The Glebe House of Southwark Parish, including historic information and pictures. "The Glebe House of Southwark Parish in Surry County is one of a small group of colonial glebe houses in Virginia. Associated with the Reverend John Cargill, a prominent figure among the Virginia clergy of the early eighteenth century, the house retains many original features despite a series of alterations..." (Submitted on September 30, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)

The Glebe House, c 1976 image. Click for full size.

2. The Glebe House, c 1976

Photo is from the National Register of Historic Places & Virginia Landmarks Register.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2007, by Laura Troy of Burke, Virginia. This page has been viewed 4,242 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 24, 2007, by Laura Troy of Burke, Virginia. 2. submitted on September 30, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.