History and Reminiscences Of Monumental Church Richmond, Virginia 1814-1878 By Geo. D. Fisher, 1880 511 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book - Particular Account of the Dreadful Fire At Richmond, Virginia December 16, 1811 By J. Kingston, 1812 48 pages, searchable Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to View (or MAC Preview Ver. 3) $9.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Monumental-Church-History-Richmond-Virginia_W0QQitemZ200451066648QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eabd08b18 Monumental Church was built between 1812 and 1814 to commemorate the 72 people who died on the site in the December 26,1811 Richmond Theatre fire. It was commissioned by Chief Justice John Marshall and designed by architect Robert Mills, the first American-born architect, the only pupil of Thomas Jefferson and the architect of the Washington Monument and White House of the Confederacy. Mills "had a reputation for being particularly concerned with fireproofing," probably owing to his work on Monumental, and later in his career designed Charleston's Fireproof Building as a testament to that fact. The original building on the site was destroyed by fire in 1802 and the Richmond Theatre would replace it. Famous parishioners included Chief Justice John Marshall whose family occupied pew No. 23, Edgar Allan Poe, whose foster parents the Allans were members and occupied pew No. 80, the Marquis de Lafayette when he visited Richmond in 1824, William Mayo of Powhatan and the Chamberlayne family. Three Richmond congregations were formed from Monumental, including: St. James's in 1831, St. Paul's in 1845 and All Saints in 1888. Deconsecrated in 1965, it was given by the Medical College of Virginia to the Historic Richmond Foundation, an affiliate of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.