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Spotsylvania Courthouse Historic District
Christ Episcopal Church
8951 Courthouse Road
Spotsylvania, Virginia
Christ Episcopal Church was constructed in 1841. It is believed that clay, from what is now a field at Robert E. Lee Elementary School, was used for the bricks. The Church was consecrated that same year by the Right Reverend Bishop More.
Christ Church served as a hospital during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and still bears scars received from shelling during that battle.
After an Episcopal congregation in Mattaponi dissolved, that church's large valued Bible (King James Version), dated 1754, was brought to Christ Church. It is now prominently displayed as a church treasure.
This little church is exceptionally well preserved, and is a fine example of Virginia's late Federal period architecture.
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