{"nrhp_refnum":"85000987","name":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"228 S. Pitt St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alexandria (Independent City)","county":"Alexandria","state":"VA","lat":38.80270499200003,"lon":-77.04511539199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a brick Gothic Revival church at 228 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, Virginia, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and built in 1817-1818.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only surviving Gothic Revival structure by Latrobe that kept most of its original design. It is also significant for its role in the religious and social-humanitarian life of Alexandria, including the founding of the Virginia Theological Seminary and Alexandria Hospital. A Civil War incident in which its minister was arrested in the chancel is described as without parallel.","narrative":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church, at 228 South Pitt Street in Alexandria, Virginia, is an early 19th-century Gothic Revival church designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and built of brick in 1817-1818. Its west facade has three pointed arches forming a shallow porch beneath a stepped gable. Inside are original wooden box pews, three galleries on Gothic columns, and later stained-glass memorial windows. The facade has changed little apart from stucco applied in 1923, and a recessed chancel was added in 1906. The nomination presents it as the only surviving Gothic Revival work by Latrobe to keep most of its original design. It also records the church's civic and religious role: the Virginia Theological Seminary held its first classes there, Alexandria Hospital was founded there in 1872, and its Sunday School began in 1818. In 1862 a minister was arrested at gunpoint in the chancel during a service.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Benjamin Henry Latrobe; Builder: Jeremiah Bosworth","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, and in religious use; the facade remains as designed apart from 1923 stucco, with minimal interior changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.758652-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/6794/41679452/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85000987.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000987/6208b75411-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000987/6208b75411-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Josh from Washington, D.C., USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SaintPaulsChurchAlexandria.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh from Washington, D.C., USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SaintPaulsChurchAlexandria.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000928","name":"Alexandria Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/alexandria-historic-district-66000928/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679452","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Alexandria,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591089"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/alexandria/st-pauls-episcopal-church-85000987/"}