Welcome to Historic St. John’s Church

St. John’s Church is an active Episcopal church and a national historic landmark. The church was built in 1741 as part of the Henrico Parish, which was established in 1611. It was here on 23 March 1775, that Patrick Henry ...

St. John’s Church

The Venerable Survivor

When Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder learned that the Federals intended to house troops and escaped slaves in Hampton, he burned down the town. Local soldiers, led by Capt. Jefferson C. Phillips, completed this “loathsome yet patriotic act,” ...

St. John’s Holiness Church

On this site stood St. John’s Holiness Church. Dedicated 1900. Removed 1936. Rededicated to Prince Frederick Methodist Cemetary Corporation 1986.

Marker is on Hallowing Point Road (Maryland Route 231) 2.8 miles west of Solomons Island Road (Maryland Route 2/4), on the ...

St. John’s Episcopal Church

Still Faithful after the Ravages of War

Passing armies occupied and fortified Centreville, positioned between Washington, D.C., and Manassas Junction, beginning in July 1861 when Confederate and Union forces met during the war’s first significant campaign. As American and British ...

St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church

St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church has been registered as a Virginia Historic Landmark pursuant to the authority vested in the Virginia Historic Landmarks Board Act 1966. This property has been entered in the national Register of Historical Places by ...