Old Stone Presbyterian Church

A branch of Opequon Church, organized in 1736, this congregation was organized in 1800 with 40 members under Rev. William Hill, D.D., and elders Col. Henry Beatty, John Bell, James Holliday, Joseph Gamble, and Robert Gray. The Synod of Virginia held its second regular session here in 1790 and met here twelve times afterward, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church met here in 1799, and Winchester Presbytery was organized here in 1794. The first Sunday School south of Pennsylvania was organized here in 1815. Gen. Daniel Morgan, famed for his service in the Revolutionary War, was a member of this church and was buried in the adjoining cemetery. The building was used by Presbyterians until 1834, by Baptists from 1834 to 1858, by Old School Baptist Church of Color from 1858 to 1886, by Federal troops as a stable during the War between the States when it was damaged by shell fire, by a public school for Negro children from 1875 to 1929, and by the National Guard as an armory from 1929 to 1940. It was restored from 1941 to 1950 under the leadership of Clifford D. Grim, deacon in the Loudoun Street Church from 1927 to 1950.

Winchester, Virginia · United States