Known as Pungoteague Church until 1800, when its name became St. George's, it was built in 1763 by Severn Guttridge on a Latin cross plan with a rounded apse. Abandoned in 1812 after disestablishment of the Anglican church, the building was later returned to use but then, in one of the rare such occurrences on the Eastern Shore, severely mutilated by Union troops. A substantial rebuilding in 1885
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