Bruton Parish Church

One of America's oldest Episcopal churches, built 1715 and still an active congregation. Attended by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Peyton Randolph, and virtually every prominent figure in colonial Virginia. The church served as the civic center of colonial Williamsburg's religious life, and its proximity to the Capitol and Governor's Palace made it inseparable from Virginia's political culture. George Wythe, Jefferson's law mentor, is buried in the churchyard.