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By 1850 the need for another church to serve the growing settlement of Washington was recognized. Plans were drawn up and James Powers, a builder living in town, was hired for the construction. Mr. Powers had assisted Thomas Jefferson with his work at the University of Virginia.
A formal ceremony to lay the cornerstone of the new building was held on May 30, 1857. The Masonic Lodge of Washington was convened to conduct the ceremony in its ancient tradition. A copper box, precursor to a contemporary time capsule, was put inside the cornerstone.
According to Masonic records, the box contained the following items: A Book of Common Prayer, the Journal of the 61st Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia, The Episcopal Recorder, The Masonic Mirror, Dew Drops, by J. E. Dow, five-cent pieces contributed by William R. Nokes, Marcus Manuel, Spencer Riley, Wellington Dear, Johnny Lamerson and Master Willie Lane. Miss Helen Lane contributed a tencent piece, the Masonic Lodge donated 50, 25, ten and five-cent coins, and “Brother Philjips, in the name of the Grand Orient of France, added one gold dollar.”
The Assistant Bishop of Virginia, Rt. Rev. John Johns, made his annual visitation to Bromfield Parish in the fall of 1857. In his record he observed: “They have built a very neat
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