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St. Paul's Episcopal Church

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church

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301 SE 1st St, formerly 601 Upper 1st St
Evansville, IN 47713

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1886 Church is built
1938 Damaged by fire but restored

Location

South corner of SE 1st St and Chestnut St
District: Riverside
Latitude: 37.967114415538
Longitude: -87.572423815727
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Architecture

Style: Gothic Revival
Architect: Reid Brothers


History


Comments

211 St. Paul's Church Prot Episcopal 601 Upper First Street 1910 1st 210 St. Paul's Church Prot Episcopal Corner First Street and Chestnut 1860 - 1910 1st 209 St. Paul's Church Episcopal Corner of Chestnut and First Streets 1858 1st previous church torn down to build present church mar 2 1886 first services fire mar 27 1938 guts inside but is rebuilt in 1839 fine painted Gothic style windows walls made of quarry-faced Bedford limestone, highlighted by lighter, smooth-faced Green River limestone http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=625636 129 foot spire, used as guide for steamboats


See also

St Paul's website
Evansville Courier and Journal - The new St Paul's Episcopal rectory (5/20/1928)
HistoricEvansville.com: Churches / Religion
HistoricEvansville.com: Riverside district

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