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Historic Polegreen Church—Mechanicsville

Christ Church Parish—Saluda
Christ Church was established as a parish in 1666, but the building that stands today was erected between 1712 and 1714 on the same site as the previous wooden structure. Over the years, minor changes were made to keep the structure up to date, but in 1843, the church underwent a full restoration and added a vestibule for their growing congregation.St. Mary’s Whitechapel—Lancaster
On the Northern Neck in Lancaster County, St. Mary’s Whitechapel is about 15 miles from the historic Christ Church in Weems. The original parish existed in 1657, but the church was officially founded in 1669, with the building completed around 1675. In 1741, wings were added to fit a rapidly growing congregation, but in the early 1800s, the church fell into disrepair and the east and west wings were torn down, transforming the church into the rectangular structure it is today. In the church cemetery, members of the Ball family are buried, who were kin to Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s mother.St. John’s Church—Richmond

Grace Episcopal Church—Keswick
One of only six Colonial churches in Virginia, Grace Episcopal Church was founded when Virginia was still under English rule in 1745. The parish added a second building between 1846 and 1855, but a fire burned the structure to the ground forty years later. In 1896, the current church was rebuilt on the site of the original church.Pohick Church—Lorton
Pohick Church was built in 1774 and attended by famous Americans like George Washington and George Mason. The church sustained heavy damage during Civil War, but the original structure survived and was renovated to repair the destruction. Like Aquia Church, the war is evident in graffiti on the walls left behind by the soldiers.Blandford Church—Petersburg

Hebron Lutheran—Madison
Hebron Lutheran was constructed in 1740 by German settlers, making it the oldest Lutheran Church in continuous use in the United States and one of only four wooden churches remaining from the colonial era. The church was founded by German settlers and contains one of nine Tannenburg organs still in existence.Manakin Episcopal Church—Powhatan
The first church built by French Huguenots in America, Manakin Episcopal Church was founded in 1701, but moved to its present site in 1730. Tragically, the church was burned during Revolutionary War. The congregation rebuilt the church in 1789, however, in 1895, due to steady decline in the structure, they tore it down and built a fourth and final church from salvaged materials.Opequon Presbyterian Church and Cemetery—Winchester
