St. Johns Catholic Church, Richmond, Australia
What are the odds that two Richmonds a world apart would boast two historic churches named St. Johns? St John’s in Richmond was built in 1837 and is the oldest Roman Catholic Church in Australia (actually, Tasmania). The structure is situated near the oldest bridge, built between 1823 and 1825 by Australian convicts over the Coal River, and was used by military police and convicts between Hobart and Port Arthur.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia
St. John’s Episcopal Church was built in Richmond in 1741. In 1775, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, Peyton Randolph and other important Virginia delegates met in the church for the Second Virginia Convention of the House of Burgesses, where Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech: “Give me Liberty or Give me Death.” The delegates were so impressed by the speech that they decided to organize a Virginia militia, which led the way to Revolutionary War.
Coincidentally, both St. John churches were built on top of hills.
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Ooh I have to visit Tasmania then, lucky me, from Aussie!
There’s an Anglo-Catholic church here (I attend) – St. John’s Old South Anglican. The chapel is built on the grounds owned by the fourth generation of one of the original Old Three Hundred. In fact, his g-g-g-grandmother had been known at one time as The Mother of Texas as she was recorded to have given birth to the first Anglo on Texas soil. That claim has since been disputed, however, the woman, Jane Long was involved in some pretty interesting enterprises. I like to think of her as the Scarlett O’Hara of Texas. She was courted by the second president of the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar, who also lived and died here in Richmond. They are buried very close to each other.
These side by side photos are so fun! Keep them coming!