Left, a photo of St. Stephens’ Episcopal Church before 1901. The steeple was blown down twice. The latest steeple was constructed in 1991 and is a replica of the original. Middle, Culpeper Baptist Church’s original building at Davis and East streets burned down in 1892. It was rebuilt to the current building. Right, Mitchells Presbyterian Church circa 1879.


“As you see the church today, it is, as


much as is humanly possible, exactly as it was in 1776,” said Little Fork Preservation Foundation Treasurer Bob Lee. “From the original fl oors to the wainscoting to the


ceiling, the church is akin to a time machine.” Shaping the Constitution Culpeper Baptist Church was founded


in 1774 by David T omas and Nathaniel


Saunders as Mount Poney Baptist Church. T omas and Saunders managed to open the church aſt er Saunders was imprisoned in 1773. His crime: Preaching without a license. A few years later, the church shaped


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