St. John's Episcopal Church (Hampton, Virginia)
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St. John's Episcopal Church
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Looking North at St. John's Episcopal Church
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| Location | Northwest corner of W. Queen and Court Sts., Hampton, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°01′33″N 76°20′49″W / 37.02583°N 76.34694°WCoordinates: 37°01′33″N 76°20′49″W / 37.02583°N 76.34694°W |
| Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1728/1610 |
| Architect | Henry Cary, Jr. |
| Architectural style | Georgian with Flemish Bond brickwork |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000871 |
| VLR # | 114-0001 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 26, 1970 |
| Designated VLR | December 2, 1969 |
St. John's is an Episcopal church located in Hampton, Virginia, United States, within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia. Established in 1610, St. John's is the oldest English-speaking parish in continuous existence in the United States of America.
English settlers from Jamestown established a community and church on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula on July 9, 1610, one month after Lord De La Warr arrived at Jamestown with supplies that effectively ended the Starving Time in that settlement. This new settlement was named after the Algonquian-speaking Kecoughtan who lived in the area.
Excavations in the Church Creek area of Hampton indicate that the earliest English settlements were near present-day LaSalle and Chesapeake Avenues. The first minister of the new parish was the Reverend William Mease who was appointed by the Bishop of London to lead the church at Kecoughtan. A historical marker on LaSalle Ave marks the approximate location of the first site.
In 1619 the settlement was renamed Elizabeth Cittie [sic]. By 1623 the town had re-established itself east of Hampton River, where the second church of Elizabeth City parish was built. The site is included within the grounds of what is now Hampton University. Abandoned in 1667 after a third church was built, the foundations of the second church were discovered in 1910. It was a small wooded structure to which a vestibule was added later. Today, the original foundations and some of the brick floor have been excavated and can be seen at the second site, along with information, conjectural paintings, and a historical marker. Artifacts found during the excavation are on display in the St. John's Parish House museum.
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