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St. John's Church is an Episcopal church located at 2401 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Formed from several earlier parishes, St. John's is the oldest church in the city of Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1741 by William Randolph's son, Colonel Richard Randolph; the Church Hill district was named for it.
Along Broad St., an area roughly bounded by Belvidere, Marshall, 4th, and Grace; also 709-916 W. Broad St., 308-310 N. Laurel St., and 301-306 Gilmer St.; also the southern side of the 100 block of E. Marshall St., and the 300 blocks of 1st and 2nd Sts., between Broad and Marshall Sts.
It was founded as 'Saint John's German Lutheran Evangelical Church and was called St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church from 1943 to 1962. [1] St John's United Church of Christ Richmond, VA. The congregation formed in 1843 to minister to the very large German immigrant population of Richmond (especially the Carver neighborhood) at the ...
The Historic Richmond Foundation was established in 1956 by Elisabeth Scott Bocock out of concern for "saving and enhancing the setting for St. John's Church." [4] In 1957, encouraged in large part by Historic Richmond, City Council created a historic district ordinance while simultaneously adopting the St. John's Church Old and Historic ...
He and his assistants helped establish three other Richmond parishes: St. Mark's, [9] Moore Memorial (commemorating Virginia's second bishop, but later combined and renamed Grace and Holy Trinity), [10] and St. Philip's (Richmond's first black Episcopal parish, formed from members of the Sunday school and on North Fourth Street only blocks away ...
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With burial grounds at St. John's churchyard largely full, Shockoe Hill Cemetery was established as the first city-owned burial ground in Richmond. The first burial did not take place until 1822. [55] 1823 State Library founded. [56] Colonization Society of Virginia formed. [57] 1824
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