Christchurch School in Middlesex County was named to the Virginia Landmarks Register after a March 20 meeting of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. All landmarks approved by the state are forwarded to the federal government to be considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Located on 79 acres on the south bank of the Rappahannock River, the school opened in 1921 as one of five schools under the Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia organization, said a press release from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. The Episcopalian organization was founded to provide “a system of reliable, accessible secondary education during a period of rapid population growth and social change in Virginia.”
The listing includes the buildings, structures, and landscapes that have comprised from the school’s opening in 1921 to the present day, according to the online listing. The buildings were largely constructed during two major expansion phases in the 1920s an...