St. Andrew's Church is an historic

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complex in

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, United States. The complex consists of the church (1901),

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(1901), parish hall (1904), Instructive Nurse Association Building (1904), and William Byrd Community House or Arents Free Library (1908). The church is a rough-faced Virginia granite, cruciform

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style structure dominated by a 115-foot corner tower. The school and parish hall are three-story, brick buildings on a stone basements. an
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/ref> A.H. Ellwood and Noland & Baskerville are credited as the architects. The

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site was added to the

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in 1979.

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