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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Little England Chapel
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = June 16, 1981<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}}</ref>
| designated_other1_number = 114-0040
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = LITTLE ENGLAND CHAPEL - HAMPTON, VA.jpg
| caption =
| location = 4100 Kecoughtan Rd., [[Hampton, Virginia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37|0|47|N|76|21|11|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Virginia#USA
| area = Newtown Community
| built = 1878
| architect = Hampton Institute Students
| architecture =
| added = July 08, 1982<ref name=Nomination/>
| refnum = 82004564
| website = https://www.littleenglandchapel.org/
}}
'''Little England Chapel''' (originally called '''The Ocean Cottage Sunday School''') was founded by [[George C. Rowe]]. A printer at [[Hampton University|Hampton Institute]], Rowe began the [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] with three Newtown children, in a small section of his home.<ref name=Historic >{{cite web|url=http://historichamptonroads.com/hm_wy95.htm |title=Little England Chapel-originally known as the Ocean Cottage Sunday School-built about 1879 |publisher=Historic Hampton Roads, Inc|year= 2010|accessdate=2010-07-09}}</ref> The Sunday school became so popular that they needed more space to hold the Bible sessions.<ref name=History>{{cite web |url=http://littleenglandchapelfoundation.art.officelive.com/OurHistory.aspx |title=Our History |publisher=Little England Chapel Foundation |year=2010 |accessdate=2010-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820040039/http://littleenglandchapelfoundation.art.officelive.com/OurHistory.aspx |archive-date=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Shull_Savage>{{cite book |author1=Shull, Carol D. |author2=Savage, Beth L. |title=African American historic places |publisher=Preservation Press |location=Washington, D.C. |year=1994 |page= [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780891332534/page/503 503]|isbn=0-471-14345-6|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780891332534|url-access=registration }}</ref>

==History==
In 1869, Daniel F. Cock set aside a triangular plot of thirty-five acres divided into thirty-three lots to be sold to black persons. This area was named "Cock's Newtown. In March 1870, the first six lots were sold at fifty dollars each. The last was sold in 1910. During this same period, blacks also purchased lots of comparable size at the same price from Charles Smith, Edward Whitehouse, and [[William Nevins Armstrong|William N. Armstrong]], brother of [[Samuel C. Armstrong|Samuel Armstrong]], Principal of Hampton Institute.<ref name=Nomination/> These lots were close to "Cock's Newtown" or close to the area where the Little England Chapel now stands. Subsequently, "Newtown" was applied to the entire black community.<ref name=Nomination/><ref name=Shull_Savage/>

In 1878, a large open arbor was built with ten rows of seating for academic and Sunday School classes on the property of Daniel Cock. The number of attendees grew to over 500 – too many to be accommodated in the open arbor.<ref name=Nomination>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Hampton/114-0040_Little_England_Chapel_1982_Final_Nomination.pdf |format=PDF |title=Final Nomination |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources |year=1982 |accessdate=2010-07-09}}</ref> During that same summer Rowe met with William N. Armstrong, who offered the use of a small piece of land along Ivy Home Road, if the residents in the neighborhood would contribute toward the support of a day school teacher. The money was raised and the chapel opened in 1879. Students from Hampton Institute not only designed but built the school house. The work was overseen by William Armstrong.<ref name=History/><ref name=Shull_Savage/>

By 1886, the chapel had become self-supporting and had grown from three to seventy children. The children of the chapel participated in missionary work for the community. As late as 1910, students from the institute rowed across the [[Hampton River]] to teach classes.<ref name=History/> In later years, they would travel by horse and buggy and the "School Chariot", a black shiny carriage drawn by two white horses. The students would serve as missionaries of the chapel for over fifty years.<ref name=History/><ref name=Shull_Savage/>

In 1954, Captain Fred Cock gave the property to the Newtown Improvement Club and Civic Club "to be used by the Congregation of the Newtown Improvement Club for non-denominational religious purposes."<ref>Brown, Chester. "Religion's Special Role," chapter 3 of ''Hampton From the Sea to the Stars, 1610-1986., e''d. James T. Stensvaag. Norfolk, VA: The Donning Company, 1985), 80, 83.</ref> In 1939, the Progressive Church of Jesus began holding regular services at the chapel. This continued until 1989, when the congregation then known as the Church of Jesus vacated the property.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Little England Chapel - History |url=https://www.littleenglandchapel.org/History.html |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=www.littleenglandchapel.org}}</ref>

Restoration of the chapel began in 1992. An addition was added to the north side of the chapel in 1993. The exterior was completely refurbished in 2008.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110820040240/http://littleenglandchapelfoundation.art.officelive.com/default.aspx Official website]

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[[Category:Churches completed in 1878]]
[[Category:19th-century churches in the United States]]
[[Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Churches in Hampton, Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hampton, Virginia]]
[[Category:Chapels in the United States]]

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