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The Virtual 1617 Church

The archaeological remains of the 1617 church are fragmentary, but digital 3-dimensional (3-D) modeling has been used to visualize the building’s appearance as it looked when […]

History of the 1617 Church

Jamestown and its churches have gone through many incarnations. The very first Christian services were held beneath a piece of sailcloth attached to trees in the […]

The 1617 Church Site

In recent years, Jamestown Rediscovery excavated in and around the 1906 Memorial Church to learn more about the 1617 timber-frame church, and the two later 17th-century […]

Church and State – Case of 35

Church and State: The Archaeology of the Foundations of Democracy

Case of 35

Church and State

Church and State: The Archaeology of the Foundations of Democracy

History of the 1608 Church

The 1608 church was a post-in-ground building measuring 64 feet by 24 feet. Named one of 2010’s 10 most significant archaeological discoveries in the world by […]

17th-Century Church Tower

Reminders of the Capital The 17th-century brick church tower is the last surviving above-ground structure from the days when Jamestown was the capital of Virginia. The […]

Jamestown Churches

The First Church Captain John Smith reported that the first church services were held outdoors “under an awning (which was an old saile)” fastened to three […]

Phase II of repairs to church tower completed

In 2014 historic trades workers from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, maintenance workers from Preservation Virginia, and two master masons completed the second phase of repairs to […]

Memorial Church

The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (now Preservation Virginia) acquired 22.5 acres of Jamestown Island, including the 17th-century church tower site in 1893. The […]

Cabinet official visits 1608 church site

US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the James Fort site to see the latest archaeological discoveries on June 29, 2011. He toured all three […]

April 2024

The 2024 field school is fast approaching and the team is readying their plans for the students’ arrival. The students will be excavating in four main […]

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