{"nrhp_refnum":"69000239","name":"Pohick Church","other_names":["Pohick Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9201 Richmond Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lorton","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.70801008000004,"lon":-77.19389195736649,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-10-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pohick Church is a colonial Episcopal parish church at 9201 Richmond Highway in Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia, in Truro Parish. It is a rectangular two-story brick building completed in 1772.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine example of colonial parish church architecture, notable for its stonework. It is also tied to leading colonial patriots, including George Washington and George Mason, who served on the Truro Parish vestry and the building committee. The form notes this significance despite extensive restoration and later building.","narrative":"Pohick Church is a colonial parish church on Richmond Highway in Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia. Completed in 1772 for Truro Parish, it replaced an earlier frame church of the same name. The rectangular two-story building is of brick laid in Flemish bond, with a modillioned cornice and hipped roof. Its most distinctive feature is fine stonework, including large corner quoins and three doorways with rusticated surrounds, Ionic pilasters and pediments. George Washington and George Mason attended services and served on the parish vestry, and with George William Fairfax sat on the building committee. It has been suggested that Washington drew the south elevation and plans, though similarities to Christ Church in Alexandria and Christ Church in Falls Church, both attributed to John Wren, suggest one designer for all three. Federal troops used it as a stable during the Civil War. Later restorations renewed much of the fabric, and most interior furnishings are conjectural work of 1901-1916.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (specific date 1772)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in religious use; condition marked fair and integrity marked altered, with extensive restoration noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.589083-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/6805/41680531/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000239.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000239/3a9d7fc525-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000239/3a9d7fc525-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"User:AlbertHerring","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pohick_Church_-_November,_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:AlbertHerring</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pohick_Church_-_November,_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680531","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohick_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7207768"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/pohick-church-69000239/"}