Zion Episcopal Church

Zion Episcopal Church, in Charles Town, was built around 1815. A larger church was erected in 1847-48, but soon after its completion was destroyed in a terrible fire. The present structure was constructed on the same spot and opened for services on December 6, 1851. It sits on the highest point in Charles Town. At one time there were galleries along each side of the church, but these were removed in 1899. The steeple was completed in the 1890’s during the tenure of the Reverend Dallas Tucker. During the Civil War the church was used by Union Troops as a barracks and a hospital and its interior had to be replaced after the war. There are twenty Washingtons buried here who were born at Mount Vernon according to the inscriptions on their grave markers. https://zionepiscopal.net/history/