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The chaste colonial Glebe Church in the city of Suffolk takes its present name from the fact that its parish was one of the few in Virginia that managed to retain its colonial glebe—property owned by the parish and used to produce income—following the American Revolution and the disestablishment. The 300-acre glebe is still in the possession of the parish. The Glebe Church, known in colonial times as Bennett’s Creek Church, was constructed in 1737-38 as the lower church of Suffolk Parish. It was made L-shaped by the addition of a wing in 1759. The church fell into ruin after the Revolution but was restored to use in 1856 when the wing was demolished and the bricks used in the repair. The Glebe Church received its last extensive renovation in 1900. Today only the 1738 Flemish-bond brick walls are original.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
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