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
A Walking Tour of St. George’s Episcopal Church
Narthex You enter the church via one of the three double wooden doors which are in the Romanesque style with rounded arches as opposed to Gothic with pointed arches. Directly inside the front doors is the narthex which has a slate floor. The Narthex is the vestibule of the church, a place to greet parishioners, … Read more
St. George’s Episcopal – 2 page tour
St. George’s Episcopal Church A land area designated as “St. George’s Parish” is established by the House of Burgesses of Colonial Virginia in 1720. Eight years later, an act of the Assembly founded the City of Fredericksburg. The present St. George’s Church building was built in 1849. It was the third to be constructed on … Read more
Getting started
1700s Fielding Lewis and the Colonial Vestry Lewis served off and on in the St. George’s Vestry for 26 years from 1753 to 1779. He served this body long than any other. What was his role and activities ? This Century Kitchen Renovation 2012-2014 In the end of the project in 2014, the church had … Read more
Welcome to St. George’s History, Fredericksburg, VA
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 … Read more
2018 Docents Schedule
Directions for adding your name to a date and time 1. Find the date and time you would like to serve. 2. “Double click” the cell to enter edit mode 3. Add your name and “click out” of the cell on another cell 4. Press the backspace key on your browser This spreadsheet will not … Read more
Diocesan Council/Convention Journals
225th Annual Council (2019) 224th Annual Council (2018) 220th Annual Council (2015) 219th Annual Council (2014) 218th Annual Council (2013) 217th Annual Council (2012) 216th Annual Council (2011) 215th Annual Council (2010) 214th Annual Council (2009) 213th Annual Council (2008) 212th Annual Council (2007) 211th Annual Council (2006) 210th Annual Council (2005) 209th Annual Council … Read more
Phillips Brooks at St. George’s 1859
Return to referring page It is appropriate that when we re-hung the plaques after the renovation the Phillips Brooks plaque was moved from the back wall of the Church to the front next to the pulpit. From the time he preached at St. George’s in July, 1859 until his premature death in 1893 at … Read more
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
