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Grace Church Kilmarnock
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Location 303 South Main Street
Kilmarnock, Virginia 22482
Country United States
Denomination Episcopal
Website http://www.graceepiscopalkilmarnock.com
History
Founded 1852
Architecture
Style Colonial
Years built 1855
Administration
Parish Grace Episcopal Church, Kilmarnock
Diocese Episcopal Diocese of Virginia

Grace Church of Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia, is the largest rural Episcopal church in the Commonwealth.

History

The original brick building, the town's first church and now a chapel attached to the current church, was consecrated by assistant bishop John Johns in 1852. At that and some other times, Grace Church shared a single rector with historic Christ Church (founded 1670), St. Mary's Church Whitechapel (founded 1669), and/or Trinity Church in Lancaster.

The current sanctuary was dedicated by Bishop Goodwin in 1959, and an arcade connects it with the old church, now a chapel. In 1988, Bishop Peter James Lee consecrated the enlarged Grace House. Further expansion occurred in 2002.

In 2017, the church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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