Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-03
FAMOUS CHURCH
TO Be REBUILT
RELIC OF EARLY DAYS TO RISE
FROM RUINS
Revival Of Interest Created by Expo.
sItlon to Be Given at Hanp-
ton Roads, Near Norfolk,
Virginia
sneolnl to The Herald

Special to The Herald
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 2.-The reviva
Of interest in all things pertaining tc
Jamestown, created by the jamestown
exposition. has led to the determine
tlon of the Association for the Preserv
alton Of Virginia Antiquities to rebuilt
the old church at Jamestown.
Until the project of holding great
naval and military exposition by the
shore of Hampton roads near Norfolk
was originated the old tower of the
church had stood on Jamestown island
In much the same condition for over
two hundred years.
Little by little 1t has crumbled away
and probably few more years would
have seen its disappearance from the
historic island.
The church had long before disap-
peared. leaving only the old tower
standing.
Now, however, the hand of decay is
to be arrested, and in few months the
old worshipping place will be restored
to the condition in which it was when
first used by the pioneers in the new
world.
Acting in conjunction with the Epis-
copal church the association will, after
the restoration, maintain the church
as meeting place for all congregations
that may from time to time desire to
worship there.
The work of rebuilding will be begun
at once and rapidly pushed to compile
ton. When IL is completely restored
the church will be dedicated by Bishop
Randolph of Virginia and opened to
worshippers. 1t will be built over the
same lines of the old foundations and
will in every respect be simbilar to the
old church.
The work of restoration will be in
charge of w. G. Standard of the James
town committee of the Association for
the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
An assembly of prominent church
workers and students of history act
ing with the association, have recided
to rebuild the famous old church.
Among the representatives of the as
ISOLATION who are prominent in this
movement are: Rev W. A. r. Goodwin
of Williamsburg. and Rev. G. Braxton
Bryan of Petersburg, representing
Bishop Randolph and the claims of the
Episcopal church over the old struc-
ture
Bricks Brought From England
The bricks in the old church were
brought from England. In it Worship
ped John Smith and the early colonists
who came with him. Around it nearly
all the early struggles of the first Eng
lish settlement on the soil of the new
world occurred.
It was attacked by Indians time after
time. Pocahontas was baptized in the
church and attended the services held
there in company with her future hus-
band, John Rolfe.
Prior to the building of the brick
church religious services had been held
in a wooden structure on the same
site, but within a short time of its
erection the Indians had made an on
slaught on the place and burned this
wooden worshipping place.
A few years later the brick church
was built and as centuries have passed
away, and the buildings of old historic
Jamestown crumbled to earth or were
reduced to ashes, the old church tower
alone remains as If specially preserved
by Providence to stand as a lasting
monument to the first permanent Eng
lish settlement in America. And it is
this settlement which is to be so grand
ly con1memorated next year by the
most magnificent International exposi-
tion ever held in any part of the world.
the jamestown Ter-Centennial exposi-
tion, on the shores of Hampton roads
near Norfolk, Virginia.