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Main Photo: Old Dominion Row. Taken from Historic Richmond Foundation's book Richmond's Fan District. (photo by Richard C. Cheek)

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Complex (1901)

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Complex

Corner of Laurel Street & Idlewood Avenue

St. Andrew’s Church is a wonderful example of High Victorian Gothic architecture. This church was sponsored by Miss Grace Arents, the niece of tobacco giant Major Lewis Ginter and heiress to the Ginter fortune. The complex contains a church, school, parish hall, library and a faculty residence. Miss Arents’ gift to Oregon Hill is one of Richmond’s best examples of this style.

{Photo Credits: Exterior Shots, HRF archives}

Tags: Grace Arents, High Victorian Gothic, Lewis Ginter, Oregon Hill

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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Complex (1901)

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