S of Orton off NC 1533, Orton, North Carolina. County/parish: Brunswick.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 26, 1970. NRIS 70000442.
1 contributing building.
St. Philip's Church, Brunswick Town, is a ruined parish church in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The Anglican church was erected in 1768 and destroyed in 1776. The ruins are located beside the Cape Fear River in the Brunswick Town Historic District, along with Fort Anderson, Russelborough, and the nearby Orton Plantation. During the American Revolutionary War, British forces attacked Brunswick Town in 1776 and burned the church. Before its demise, the church was considered one of the finest religious structures in North Carolina. On February 26, 1970, the historic site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719107