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cornice. Col. Lewis Burwell donated a communion set made in London in 1702 to the parish, which remains in use today. The church interior features an elaborate reredos. Following the disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in Virginia in 1802, the building fell into disrepair, although Methodists worshipped at Abingdon Church 1818–1822, and an Episcopal congregation was re-formed in 1826 and repaired the church in 1841. Federal troops occupied the church and caused damage, so it was also repaired in 1868, 1897 and 1950.
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Though many Gloucester County records burned in either 1820 or 1865, a contract to expand the Abingdon church was discussed in 1751, and the current one-story brick church was probably finished in 1754 or 1755. The church has a Latin cross plan with gable roof, pedimented gable ends and modillioned
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The parish was established shortly after the founding of Gloucester County in 1651, to serve the county's southern portion along the
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property in Gloucester County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places
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This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Virginia is a
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National Register of Historic Places in Gloucester County, Virginia
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Abingdon Church, U.S. Route 17, White Marsh, Gloucester County, VA
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are among the oldest buildings in Virginia and were added to the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Abingdon Church is located in Virginia
Abingdon Church is located in the United States
White Marsh, Virginia
37°20′00″N 76°30′49″W / 37.33333°N 76.51361°W / 37.33333; -76.51361
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Episcopal
church
White Marsh
Gloucester County, Virginia
Abingdon Glebe House
National Register of Historic Places
York River
Augustine Warner Jr.
House of Burgesses
Mildred
Laurence Washington
Westmoreland County
George Washington
Ware Parish


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