National Historic Landmark · Lively, Virginia

St. Mary's Whitechapel

Historic church in Virginia, US in Lively, Virginia. Added to the National Register in 1969, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1969American colonial architecture
St Mary's Episcopal Church, Whitechapel - 1669, near Lively, Virginia - panoramioSt marys whitechapelSt. Mary's Whitechapel Church 1669 - near Lively, Virginia - panoramio
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What it is

Wikipedia · St. Mary's, Whitechapel

St Mary's Whitechapel is an Episcopal church in Lancaster, Virginia, founded in 1669, and located three miles south of Lively, in Lancaster County, in the Northern Neck. The parish of St Mary's Whitechapel is notable for being the church of Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington, during her youth.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressNW of jct. of Rtes. 354 and 201, Lively vicinity, VA
CountyLancaster County
ListedNov 12, 1969
Reference number69000254
Type of placechurch building
StyleAmerican colonial architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressNW of jct. of Rtes. 354 and 201, Lively, VA
Websitestmaryswhitechapel.org ↗
Coordinates37.74238, -76.54776 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitColonial National Historical Park · 36 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument Picnic Pavilion 37 mi · Pax River Paradise Grove Campgrounds 40 mi · Pax River Hog Point Campgrounds 40 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 69000254. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.