Hebron Lutheran Church

Hebron Lutheran Church, a cruciform church built in 1740, is America’s oldest church in continuous use by Lutherans. Its congregation was formed by 1725 by German families, some of whom arrived in Virginia in 1717 to work at Germanna, Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood’s frontier mining community. The church was enlarged about 1800, and a pipe organ crafted by David Tannenburg of Lititz, Pennsylvania, was installed. Its interior features elaborate frescoed ceilings painted by the Italian-born artist Joseph Oddenino. It was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Madison, Virginia · United States