St John's Church
2401 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23223, USA
Virginia, USA
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CHURCH
EST. 1741
EST. 1741
1772
Harrison, Benjamin V
Pendleton, Edmund
Henry, Patrick
Randolph, Peyton
Jefferson, Thomas
Nelson, Thomas Jr
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at St John's Church.
The original 1741 wooden church survives as an active Episcopal parish and historic site on Richmond’s Church Hill. Restored interior spaces, burial grounds, monuments, gardens, and preserved architectural fabric support worship, tours, and reenactments within the protected St. John’s Church Historic District.
About St John's Church
Henrico Parish Church moved to Richmond in 1741 on land donated by William Byrd II. The builder of the new church was Col. Richard Randolph (1686–1748), great-uncle to Thomas Jefferson. The original church building was completed on June 10, 1741. It remains as the transept of the current church, built along east-west lines. In 1772, a forty-foot-square extension was added to the northern side, orienting the church towards the south, to which end the altar was moved.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at St John's Church
The Virginia colonial legislative assembly, the House of Burgesses, was dismissed by the royal governor due to tensions that led up to the American Revolutionary War. The Burgesses met as a provisional government in the First Virginia Convention in Williamsburg. Since the governor had loyalist forces in the vicinity of the capital of Williamsburg, it was decided to hold the next convention in Richmond. On March 23, 1775, the Second Virginia Convention was opened at the church. The President of the Convention was Peyton Randolph, who was also the Speaker of the House of Burgesses.
Under a Resolution offered by Richard Henry Lee, the House of Burgesses on May 15, 1776 resolved that "the delegates appointed to represent this colony in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the united Colonies free and independent states."
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