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Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Forest, Bedford County, Virginia.HistoryIt was built in 1824 and is the 2nd oldest Episcopal Church in the Lynchburg area. Saint Stephen's was established by Nicholas Hamner Cobbs (later Bishop of Alabama) in 1824. Cobbs was the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boonsboro and would ride his horse from one location to the other to provide Sunday services.The first building was completed in 1825 on land given by Anne Irvine Moseley, the mother of Elizabeth Moseley Radford. Moseley had purchased part of the Poplar Forest tract from Martha Jefferson Randolph, the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, who had given the land to his daughter for her dowry in 1790. The original church was torn down and the present one erected on the same site in 1844.In the same year, William Radford and Elizabeth Moseley Radford deeded additional land to enlarge the church property and provide a cemetery for members. The cemetery is still in use today. A lack of funds to make necessary repairs closed the church temporarily in 1911, although occasional services were held.In 1941, at the instigation of Malcolm Griffin, the church was restored and reopened. Since that date, services have been held continuously. A 2004 renovation project expanded the choir area and enlarged the front area where preaching occurs.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The associated Old Rectory was listed in 1973.

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