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Old Donation Church is the third Lynnhaven Parish Church and is the oldest church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. Records show that the parish's first church services were held in 1637 in the home of Adam Thoroughgood .
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Virginia Beach, Virginia: 1700 Belle Air Plantation: Charles City County, Virginia: ca. 1700 John Weblin House: Virginia Beach: 1700 Westerhouse House: Northampton County, Virginia: ca. 1700 Wren Building: Williamsburg, Virginia: 1700 Oldest school building in America, original College of William and Mary structure [6] St. Peter's Church: New ...
Pages in category "Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 228 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Old Donation Episcopal Church: Virginia Beach, Virginia: VA 1736 Episcopal: Oldest congregation in lower tidewater region of Hampton Roads (continuous congregation since 1637). Oldest church in the City of Virginia Beach. Cathedral of San Fernando: San Antonio, Texas: TX 1738 Catholic: Oldest church in Texas.
Adam Thoroughgood (1604–1640), an indentured servant who arrived in Virginia in 1622, became a community leader, a member of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown, and was granted a headright of 5,350 acres (21.7 km 2) in 1635.
Betsy Sweeney bought a crumbling 130-year-old house for $18,000 in Wheeling, West Virginia and renovated it into a gorgeous historic home — complete with its original pocket doors, Victorian ...
The last member of Old Chapel Church, Mrs. Virginal Kelley, passed in 2009 at the age of 95." [6] In 2017, the Old Chapel Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Gov. Terry McAuliffe has also deemed the church a "Virginia Treasure," a designation for ecological, cultural, scenic and recreational assets. [7]