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Item Title
Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, VA
LocationColumbus & Cameron Streets,
Alexandria, VA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS VA-479
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-134).
Building/structure dates:
1773 initial construction
National Register Number: 70000899
Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 50' x 60' thus admitting additional pews, which were accordingly sold to meet the increased expenditures. George Washington purchased No. 5 for L 36/10s. The highest price paid. After the Revolution he attended the Church more or less regularly until his death. Rev. Thomas Davis who was rector in 1799 conducted the funeral services at Mount Vernon. Washington's intimate relationships with Christ Church are set forth in an address made by the Rev. Philip Slaughter in 1889 (Address on the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration), published the same year and now a rarity in the Library of Congress. One of the treasured relics in the Church is the family Bible of Washington, presented by the General's ward, George Washington Park Custis, of "Arlington" in 1804. Washington's pew may be seen today restored to its original square form. Across the aisle from it is the pew occupied by General Robert E. Lee who from boyhood attended the Church was confirmed here.
Subjects
Episcopal Churches
Related Names
Wren, James
Carlyle, John
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
52. SOUTH FACADE, DETAIL OF TOWER AND SPIRE
53. WEST ELEVATION, INCLUDING TOWER Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-10R.
54. SOUTH ELEVATION, INCLUDING BASE OF TOWER Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-16L.
55. SOUTH ELEVATION Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-12L.
56. EAST ELEVATION--TRIPARTITE WINDOW Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-14L.
57. EAST ELEVATION--TRIPARTITE WINDOW Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-15L.
58. NORTH ELEVATION, EAST END Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-19.
59. NORTH ELEVATION, CENTER Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-13L.
60. NORTH ELEVATION, WEST END, INCLUDING BASE OF TOWER Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS05-U-1959-17L.
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