1859. c. 1940 and 1961, additions. 5101 Massaponax Church Rd. (U.S. 1 and VA 608)
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(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
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(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
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(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
Massaponax Church, 21 May 1864 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-B811-729 [P&P] LOT 4184, photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan) -
Council of war, 21 May 1864, with General Grant on left leaning over pew to study a map held by General Meade (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-B811-730 [P&P] LOT 4184, photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan)
This restrained brick temple revival structure has a single front entrance and two side entrances which lead to a vestibule and then, through double doors, into the sanctuary, which has two aisles and three pew sections. Three tall windows on each side admit plenty of light. A gallery supported by Tuscan columns runs around three sides. On the end elevation is the pulpit in front of a barrel-vaulted apse, which contains the baptism chamber. On the wall of the apse is a painting of a view down a river. The church was the scene of a council of war held by General Ulysses S. Grant and his staff on May 21, 1864, captured in a series of wet-plate negatives exposed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan.