St. Paul's Episcopal Church | |
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![]() Façade, 2019 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
Year consecrated | 1818 |
Location | |
Location | Alexandria, Virginia |
Geographic coordinates | 38°48′11″N 77°2′43″W / 38.80306°N 77.04528°W |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Benjamin Latrobe |
Style | Gothic Revival |
General contractor | Jeremiah Bosworth |
Groundbreaking | 1817 |
Completed | 1818 |
Direction of façade | West |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Added to NRHP | 1985 |
NRHP Reference no. | 85000987 (National Register Information System) |
Designated | April 16, 1985[1] |
Reference no. | 100-0104 |
Website | |
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church in the Anglican Communion located in the Old Town area of Alexandria, Virginia. The church, consecrated in 1818, was designed by Benjamin Latrobe, the second architect of the United States Capitol. It is one of the few buildings designed by Latrobe in a Gothic style and one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the United States. The church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. During the year 2009, St. Paul's Episcopal Church celebrated the bicentennial of its founding.