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St. Andrew's Church is an historic
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church complex in
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, United States. The complex consists of the church (1901), school (1901), parish hall (1904), Instructive Nurse Association Building (1904), and William Byrd Community House or Arents Free Library (1908). The church is a rough-faced Virginia granite, cruciform
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style structure dominated by a 115-foot corner tower. The school and parish hall are three-story, brick buildings on a stone basements. an
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/ref> The woodwork for the structures was provided by Richmond Wood Working Company.National Register Of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form
/ref> A.H. Ellwood and Noland & Baskerville are credited as the architects. The Gothic Revival architecture site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.


See also

* William Byrd Community House * Grace Arents


References

20th-century Episcopal church buildings Churches in Richmond, Virginia Episcopal churches in Virginia Gothic Revival church buildings in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Churches completed in 1901 {{Virginia-church-stub