St. George’s History comprises individual articles, documents and collections around the 300 year history of St. George’s Episcopal Church, located in Fredericksburg Virginia. This site is unrelated to St. George's main website.
Supplementing them are a category-based search, a content index and a timeline. We have two tour documents - a building summary and a 15 minute walking tour you can take in the church.
If this is your first visit, check out the 2 tours - building summary and a 15 minute walking tour.
Recent articles
Quenzel – Intro – text
THE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA by CARROL H. QUENZEL Librarian and Professor of History Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 1951 COPYRIGHT 1951-BY THE VESTRY OF ST_ GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed by CLYDE W. SAUNDERS AND SONS, RICHMOND, … Read more
Quenzel- Chapter 4 – text
CHAPTER IV THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FROM the standpoint of St. George’s clerical leadership, the present century began as the previous one had ended, with the Reverend Mr. Smith as rector. In 1902 a vestry committee was amazed to discover that St. George’s had been without legal trustees since February 17, 1876. Apparently the trustees that … Read more
Quenzel- Chapter 3 – text
CHAPTER III THE POST-BELLUM PERIOD ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH was without regular services for two years after the Reverend Mr. Randolph was evacuated from Fredericksburg in November, 1862. Then Miss Mary Thorn collected sufficient funds to support a provisional rector, the Reverend Magruder Maury, and services were resumed on December 2, 1864, in the basement lecture … Read more
Quenzel- Chapter 2 – text
CHAPTER II YORKTOWN TO APPOMATTOX THE REVOLUTION swept away the Established Church and for more than thir~rertllewarthe Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia w3-s S? beset by p,mbJems. ,:bat it seemed doomed to complete destructIOn. Certam conciltlOlls lowered the state of religion among all denominations. The Commonwealth had given unstintedly of her blood and treasure, and … Read more
Quenzel- Chapter 1 – text
CHAPTER I THE COLONIAL PERIOD ST. GEORGE’S PARISH was created in 1714 by an act of the General Assembly.! This law, which received three readings, several amendments and the Governor’s signature in the fifteen days from December 10 to December 24, was clearly an administrative measure.2 In his opening message to the third session of … Read more
Quenzel’s History of St. George’s
Quenzel’s history of St. George’s is our most recent history published by the Vestry of the church in 1951. Who was Carrol Quenzel and what distinguishes his history ?
Quenzel – Appendix
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Quenzel – Chapter 4
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1. Carrol Quenzel's History of St. George's
Quenzel's 1951 history is still the standard for the church. He was a librarian for Mary Washington College as well as being active at St. George's, helping to create the St. Georgian newsletter as well as a part of the Vestry. We have the entire book online which was published by St. George's
2. The Three Churches of St. George's - Barbara Willis
Barbara Willis was a local historian and writer and long time St. Georgian with her husband Mac. This paper is a detailed summary of the evolution of St. George's church from its wooden colonial church to the impressive 1849 brick building we have today.
The Civil War may be the most popular historic topic in all of our history. The church served in 3 capacities - as a fortress, center of revival and as a hospital. We have a 9 part series on our role and relationship to Fredericksburg.
McGuire served all 3 churches over the course of 45 years. He is probably the most influential of all our rectors in all phases of ministry from preaching, teaching, and outreach. Trip Wiggins, our archivist, wrote this for a Sunday school class and has been teaching classes for years
5. Charles Syndor on Social Policy
Charles Sydnor served St. George's from 1972-2003 and was responsible for furthering Thomas Faulkner's outreach ministries and creating new ones. This paper he wrote in 2009 was for an adult forum in that year.
6. Tom Faulkner confronts the Vestry on race
Faulkner served St. George's for 30 years from 1946-1976. During these years racial policies were paramount, especially 1954, in the year of Brown vs. Board of Education, Faulkner was challenged by the Vestry on the role of Blacks in our service. He was able to move St. George's toward racial justice that other rectors would further
