Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

St. John's Church, Richmond

3 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

St. John's Church, Richmond

St. John's Church, Richmond: Vestry

John's Church, because of the increase of population in Richmond. The first action was recorded as follows: "At a Vestry held at Curls…

St. John's Church, Richmond: Cloth

For the new church there were imported from England: "One Parsons Surples, a Pulpit Cushen and Cloth, two cloths for Reading Desks, a…

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