Sights to See 10 in One Hour

VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 10 Sights to See There is much to see at Theological Seminary — from the inspiring Immanuel Chapel to the welcoming Flamingo café. If you only have an hour to tour our campus, here are 10 sights to see reflecting our rich past, present, and future.

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (Immanuel Chapel)

OAKWOOD (Next to Immanuel Chapel) THE CEMETERY (Campus East)

ST. CYPRIAN’S LABYRINTH (Campus East)

“MARY AS PROPHET” SCULPTURE (Chapel Memorial Garden) CIVIL WAR GRAFFITI (Aspinwall Hall)

KEY HALL (Next to Aspinwall Hall)

THE FLAMINGO (Addison Academic Building)

PHILLIPS BROOKS BUST (Bishop Payne Library)

BISHOP WALKER PORTRAIT (Scott Lounge) STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (Immanuel Chapel) Representing the Trinity, these three breathtaking 1 oculus windows from artist Brian Clarke were installed in 2018 and blessed by the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, the 27th presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church. With a traditional exterior and modern and flexible interior, Immanuel Chapel is the spiritual heart of VTS, and is home to many treasures, including a one-of-a-kind chandelier, tracker action organ, change-ringing bells made by Whitechapel Foundry in London, and now three spectacular windows. Trotter Road

OAKWOOD (Next to Immanuel Chapel) Adjacent to the Chapel Memorial Garden and 2 Immanuel Chapel is the oldest building on the Holy Trotter Road Hill: Oakwood, circa 1790. The home to many generations of Mission Lane Seminary faculty and their families, including several deans and Wilmer Lane one presiding bishop. Mission Lane

THE CEMETERY (Campus East) Established in 1876, the campus cemetery is the final 3 resting place for Professor William Sparrow; the Right Rev. , the 3rd Bishop of Virginia; the Most Quaker Lane Rev. Henry St. George Tucker, the 19th Presiding Bishop of The EpiscopalSt. Church;Stephens Road the Rev. Charles Price; and many other faculty and their family members. Julianna Johns, the founder of Alexandria Infirmary (now Alexandria Hospital) The Grove is buried beside her father, the Right Rev. John Johns, the 4th Bishop of Virginia (1796–1876).

ST. CYPRIAN’S LABYRINTH (Campus East) Bishop Walker Circle Surrounded by bricks from the 1881 Chapel and Deanery Drive 4 unused bricks from Immanuel Chapel, St. Cyprian’s Labyrinth invites pilgrims to take their anxieties into the center Deanery Drive and leave them there for God to handle. A gift from the classes Seminary Road of 2009 and 2017, the labyrinth is named after St. Cyprian’s Chapel, built circa 1880 at VTS and home to an African American congregation.

“MARY AS PROPHET” SCULPTURE (Chapel Memorial Garden) 5 Blessed by the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Justin Portal Welby, the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2015, Margaret (Peggy) Adams Parker’s inspiring sculpture, “Mary as Prophet” offers a radically new interpretation of the Visitation. The statue sits outside the contemplative Chapel Garden, the site of the original 1881 Immanuel Chapel, which was destroyed by fire in 2010. Enclosed by the remnants of the chapel’s walls, the garden has an area designated for the interment of ashes. CIVIL WAR GRAFFITI (Aspinwall Hall) During the Civil War, the VTS campus was occupied 6 by Union troops and used to house 1,700 wounded troops. Teaching was relocated to Staunton, Virginia, while the Northern Virginia campus was used as a hospital. To this day, visitors can see where a regiment volunteer scratched his name into the side of Aspinwall Hall.

KEY HALL Trotter Road Named for one of VTS’ founders, , 7 whose 1814 poem became the text for our National Anthem, Key Hall is a treasure. One of the most interesting buildings on campus, Key Hall has been a library, a cafeteria, a Trotter Road worship space, a classroom, and, during the Civil War, a Union hospital. In recent years it served as the cutting-edge hub for Mission Lane Lifelong Learning. Wilmer Lane Mission Lane THE FLAMINGO (Addison Academic Building) Located on the lower level of the Addison Academic 8 Building, During the academic year and during select times in the summer months, The Flamingo café serves coffee, Quaker Lane tea, scones, and many other treats for the VTS community and our visitors. Having originally started as a student-run initiate St. Stephens Road in 2016, The Flamingo has become a cherished space to engage The Grove in life-giving conversations by providing radical hospitality. PHILLIPS BROOKS BUST (Bishop Payne Library) The author of “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” VTS 9 alum, the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks (VTS 1859) was a Bishop Walker Circle fixture on the campus in the 1860s. His bust greets visitors to Deanery Drive the Bishop Payne Library, which is open daily for all. Stop in and see special displays from our collections. All visitors are welcome to use the collections for theological research on an Deanery Drive Seminary Road in-house basis.

BISHOP WALKER PORTRAIT (Scott Lounge) The first African American student and graduate of 10 VTS and the first African American bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Washington, the Rt. Rev. John T. Walker (VTS 1954) used his ministry to work tirelessly for social justice. This portrait, from artist Simmie Knox, is displayed in Scott Lounge, alongside many prominent bishops and alumni. The “living room” for the Seminary community, Scott Lounge is connected to Café 1823, which is open to everyone in the evening for food and drink. Virginia Theological Seminary Campus Map

Trotter Road

Trotter Road

Mission Lane Wilmer Lane Mission Lane 9

8 Quaker Lane 10 St. Stephens Road The Grove

Bishop Walker Circle Deanery Drive

Seminary Road Deanery Drive Trotter Road

Trotter Road

Mission Lane Wilmer Lane Mission Lane 7

Quaker Lane 6 St. Stephens Road The Grove 5 4

Bishop Walker Circle 3 Deanery Drive 2 1 Seminary Road Deanery Drive VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

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