Hebron Lutheran Church

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Nearby stands Hebron Lutheran Church. This cruciform church was built in 1740 and is America's oldest church in continuous use by Lutherans. The congregation was formed by 1725 by German families, some of whom arrived to Virginia in 1717 to work at Germanna, Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood's frontier mining community. The church was enlarged about 1800 and a pipe organ crafted by David Tannenburg of Lititz, Pennsylvania, was installed. The interior of the church has elaborate frescoed ceilings painted by the Italian-born artist Joseph Oddenino. It was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Department of Historic Resources, 2000

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Calder Loth, ed., The Virginia Landmarks Register (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999), 295; William Peter Huddle, History of the Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison County, Virginia, from 1717 to 1907. (New Market, Va.: Henkel & Company, 1908); Jeannie Edna Light, Hebron Lutheran Church a Brief History, 1717 – 1974.