{"nrhp_refnum":"84003534","name":"Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Princess Anne and George Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredericksburg (Independent City)","county":"Fredericksburg","state":"VA","lat":38.30193460800007,"lon":-77.46023074699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Jeffersonian Roman Revival church at 300 George Street, at the corner of George and Princess Anne Streets in the Fredericksburg Historic District, Virginia. It was erected in 1833 and dedicated that July.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it among the finest surviving examples of Jeffersonian Roman Revival architecture. It was the first public building in Fredericksburg built in temple form and a prototype for similar churches. It also served as a hospital for Union wounded during the Civil War, where Clara Barton nursed soldiers after the 1862 battle.","narrative":"Built in 1833 at the corner of George and Princess Anne Streets, this brick church is a leading example of Jeffersonian Roman Revival design. Its temple-form front has a recessed portico, Doric columns and pilasters, a pedimented gable and a square bell tower whose frieze copies one at the University of Virginia. The design was based on Jefferson's plans for Christ Church in Charlottesville, and it was the first public building in Fredericksburg raised in temple form. The architect is unknown, though the details resemble work by two of Jefferson's University of Virginia craftsmen. During the Civil War the building was used by Union troops and as a hospital after the December 1862 battle, where Clara Barton tended the wounded. Heavily damaged, it was rebuilt in 1866, and later nineteenth-century changes were removed in a 1947 restoration. Today the exterior closely matches an 1835 sketch, and the congregation still uses the building.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (architect not identified); form suggests possible involvement of Malcolm B. Crawford and William B. Phillips","architectural_style":"Jeffersonian Roman Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use; condition listed as excellent, with exterior restored to its pre-war appearance in 1947.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.717833-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/6808/41680851/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003534.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003534/79c63f3419-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003534/79c63f3419-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Justinandsarah","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Presbyterian_Church_of_Fredericksburg_810_Princess_Anne_Street_Fredericksburg_VA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Justinandsarah</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:Presbyterian_Church_of_Fredericksburg_810_Princess_Anne_Street_Fredericksburg_VA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680851","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Fredericksburg","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713097"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fredericksburg/presbyterian-church-of-fredericksburg-84003534/"}