John’s by Mr Eric Rodenhauser who rescued it from a Roman Catholic monastery in Maryland, which was closing down.Ī wonderful new Rogers’ organ, donated in memory of Ned Twining, has also been installed. Francis of Assisi received the commission from Our Lord to "rebuild My Church." The cross was donated to S. It was in prayer before this cross that S. The dominant centrepiece over the altar is a reproduction of the Cross of San Damiano, the original of which hangs in the church which bears its name in Assisi, Italy.
Its majestic transformation was wrought by Canon Neal and designed by interior architect and parishioner Diana Reuter-Twining. The rest of the sanctuary was left unadorned in pearl grey and muted yellow. The expanse inside the arch is filled with a Tudor pattern in royal crimson and gold, copied from the court of Henry the VIIIth. Upperville artist Jimmy Emmett covered the plain arch and pilasters with a faux marble treatment which gives the appearance of authentic stone, even upon close inspection. In 1997, the Church sanctuary was renovated. Until the Spring of 1997, regular Sunday Services were still being conducted at Trinity Episcopal by Father Daniel Robayo of Piedmont Parish. And during World War II, American Red Cross volunteers rolled surgical bandages in the Vestry room. The church’s location made its use as a Civil War hospital inevitable. The one-and-one fourth acre cost a little less than $200 in those days and prominent citizens in Marshall put up the $2,500 it took to erect the building. John the Baptist was built in 1849 as part of the Piedmont Parish of the Episcopal Church.
The building which now houses the Anglican Church of S.
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