{"nrhp_refnum":"72001408","name":"Christ Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off VA 638, N of jct. with VA 33","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saluda","county":"Middlesex County","state":"VA","lat":37.60955287100006,"lon":-76.54636447799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-11-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Christ Church is a brick Anglican parish church near Saluda in Middlesex County, Virginia. It is the second church on the site, begun in 1712 and completed in 1714, and sits in a churchyard with colonial tombs.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the church as an invaluable survivor of one of Virginia's most significant colonial parishes. It preserves the brickwork and inscribed bricks of the 1714 building and is linked to figures such as Sir Henry Chicheley and the Wormeley family. It also holds the only colonial vestry book that predates Bacon's Rebellion.","narrative":"Christ Church is a rectangular brick parish church with a gable roof, measuring sixty by thirty-three and a half feet, located east of Saluda in Middlesex County, Virginia. Begun in 1712 and finished in 1714, it is the second church on the site, replacing a mother church built in 1666. Its walls are laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers, and inscribed bricks in the western vestibule record the 1714 completion and name craftsmen including John Hipkin and mason Alexander Graves. The building was abandoned after the Revolution, then restored beginning in 1843 and altered again around 1931. The churchyard holds an outstanding group of colonial tombs, including those of Wormeley family members, and Sir Henry Chicheley, a deputy governor, is buried beneath the Communion Table. The parish also owns the only colonial vestry book that predates Bacon's Rebellion. The church still serves its congregation and acts as a chapel for the adjoining Christchurch School.","period_of_significance":"18th and 19th centuries; specific dates 1712-1714","architect_builder":"Alexander Graves, mason; John Hipkin, carpentry, plumbing and glazing","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use for religious purposes, serving as a parish church and school chapel; condition marked deteriorated and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.192495-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/6819/41681968/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001408.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001408/5d46def476-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001408/5d46def476-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Church,_State_Route_638,_Christ_Church_vicinity_(Middlesex_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Church,_State_Route_638,_Christ_Church_vicinity_(Middlesex_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681968","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_(Saluda,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712169"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/middlesex-county/christ-church-72001408/"}