Second Church at Kecoughtan

Hampton County · dedicated 1950 · E. Tyler Street, on Hampton University Campus in front of Health Center

Nearby a monument marks the site of the second church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton), built in 1624 for Elizabeth City Parish, established 1610 and now the oldest Protestant parish in continuous existence in America. This building was replaced before 1667 by a third parish church west of the town and was pulled down in 1698.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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