Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Port Conway, Virginia)

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name =Emmanuel Episcopal Church
( Emmanuel Church )
Belle Grove
Port Conway, Virginia
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Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish
King George County, Virginia

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caption = Entrance to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 1995
location =US Route 301

Port Conway, Virginia
nearest_city = Port Royal, Virginia
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built = 1860
architect = Niernsee & Neilson
architecture = Gothic Revival
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refnum = 86003593 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-07-27|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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Emmanuel Episcopal Church is an historic church located on the west side of U.S. Route 301, just north of the Rappahannock River in Port Conway, Virginia, in the United States. Emmanuel Church and its historic graveyard are located in front of Belle Grove. In 1751, future President James Madison was born at Belle Grove, the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway. On January 7, 1987, Emmanuel Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register listing

*Emmanuel Church ** (added 1987 - Building - #86003593)
*Also known as Emmanuel Episcopal Church
*US 301, Port Conway
*Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
*Architect, builder, or engineer: Niernsee & Neilson
*Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
*Area of Significance: Architecture
*Period of Significance: 1850-1874
*Owner: Private
*Historic Function: Religion
*Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
*Current Function: Religion
*Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

Current use

Emmanuel Church is still in use and is one of three churches that form the "Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish" of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. The rector of the parish is the Rev. Diane Carroll. [ [http://www.hanoverparish.com/ Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish official website.] ] Services are held twice a month at Emmanuel. [ [http://stpaulskgva.org/?page_id=25 St. Paul's Episcopal Church history - discusses Emmanuel Church] ]

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Virginia, Counties H-M
* Emmanuel Episcopal Church

References

External links

* [http://www.hanoverparish.com/ Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish official website.]
* [http://www.hanoverparish.com/history.html History of Hanover-with-Brunswick Parish]
* [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM26JB Emmanuel Episcopal Church unofficial website]
* [http://www.interment.net/data/us/va/kinggeorge/emmanuel/index.htm List of Burials in Emmanuel Church Cemetery]
* [http://stpaulskgva.org/?page_id=25 St. Paul's Episcopal Church history - discusses Emmanuel Church]