Bruton Parish
Church is located in the restored area of Colonial
Williamsburg in Williamsburg,
Virginia, United States. It was established in 1674 by the
consolidation of two previous parishes in the Virginia Colony and remains an active Episcopal parish. The building, constructed 1711–15,
was designated a National Historic
Landmark in 1970 as a well-preserved early example of
colonial religious architecture.
The roots of Bruton Parish Church trace back to both the Church of
England and the new settlement of the Colony of
Virginia at Jamestown in the early 17th century. The role of the church and its
relationship to the government had been established by King Henry
VIII some years earlier. The
same relationship was established in the new colony.
The Old Courthouse
is an important building in the history of St. Louis and the history of Civil
Rights. It was the site of the first two
trials of the pivotal Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850, and where Virginia
Minor's case for a woman's right to vote came to trial in the 1870s. The courthouse was also linked with
the story of the Underground Railroad and with that of slavery. The Old Courthouse’s design merit
relates to its Greek Revival architectural style, engineered dome, and interior
murals