Polegreen Church
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title:
Polegreen Church
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The Polegreen Church, also known as the Hanover Meeting House, is the site of what may be the first non-Anglican church in Virginia. It was named after a 17th-century landowner, George Polegreen. After Rev. George Whitefield preached at Bruton Parish Church at Williamsburg during the First Great Awakening, and his sermons were published, local mason Samuel Morris built a reading room or log cabin near Mechanicsville in rural Hanover County. In 1743, Virginia's colonial assembly permitted religio
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Archaeological site in Virginia, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polegreen_Church
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2023-08-08T21:29:36Z
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