[1] The congregation, which included the Hite family of the nearby Belle Grove Plantation, raised the necessary funds and began construction of a church building on a 0.25 acres (0.10 ha) lot purchased for fifty dollars.

[4] The church served as a military hospital for wounded Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.

The Union soldiers removed the wounded Confederate troops from the church hospital and converted the building into a stable.

[4][6] Throughout the next several decades a small congregation worshiped at St. Thomas Episcopal Church with approximately thirty people in attendance.

[5] The building is also designated a contributing property to the Middletown Historic District, listed on the NRHP in 2003.

[3] Media related to St. Thomas Chapel (Middletown, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons