{"nrhp_refnum":"73002015","name":"St. Thomas Chapel","other_names":["St. Thomas Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of SR 1102 and 1105","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middletown","county":"Frederick County","state":"VA","lat":39.02772454800004,"lon":-78.27744368799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Thomas Chapel (also called St. Thomas Episcopal Church) is a small brick Gothic Revival church on a hill overlooking Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia. The congregation formed in 1834 and the building was completed by April 1837.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a picturesque example of early Gothic Revival architecture in Virginia and a prominent landmark of the town and countryside. It was the seventh Episcopal church in the former Frederick County area and has a local history that includes Civil War use as a hospital and stable.","narrative":"St. Thomas Chapel is a small brick church on the crest of a gentle hill overlooking Middletown, Virginia. Measuring thirty by fifty feet with a recessed chancel, it is a simple Gothic Revival building of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, with lancet-arched windows and doors, a stepped gable roof and a small belfry. An Episcopal congregation formed in 1834, and trustees modeled the plan on Leeds Church in Markham after visiting it. The building was complete by April 1837, when Bishop Meade officiated at a confirmation there. During the Civil War it served as a Confederate hospital and a Federal stable, and it reopened in 1867. It was closed as unsafe in 1930 and was given to the town of Middletown in 1966. Restoration for use as an interdenominational chapel was underway at the time of listing. It is recognized as an early Gothic Revival landmark and for its local history.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1837)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Simple Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition fair but structurally sound; under restoration for use as an interdenominational chapel. Owned by the Town of Middletown.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.886024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/6808/41680822/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002015.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002015/6b1132b1f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002015/6b1132b1f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StThomasChapel_4120.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StThomasChapel_4120.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03000566","name":"Middletown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/middletown-historic-district-03000566/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680822","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Chapel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713252"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/frederick-county/st-thomas-chapel-73002015/"}