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Saint George's Episcopal Church

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1918–1919. Lake Ave. between First and Second streets
  • Saint George's Episcopal Church (Jet Lowe)

Saint George's Episcopal Church is a small but well-designed picturesque country church. Measuring about 24 feet by 36 feet, the wood-framed church is covered with wood shingles. Buttresses separate the window bays; the windows are round arched. A small belfry on the front of the gable roof is square, topped by a steeple. There is an enclosed vestibule on the front, also with a gable roof.

The church was designed by the congregation's talented minister, Rev. Eustace Paul Ziegler, who gained some fame as an artist. Local contractor Bartley Howard built the church for $4,000, a portion of which was donated by the Kennecott Copper Corporation. The church was Cordova's first—and still only—Episcopal church.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Alison K. Hoagland
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What's Nearby

Red Dragon Reading Room
614 First Street
Cordova Hotel and Bar
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Copper River and Northwestern Railway Houses

Citation

Alison K. Hoagland, "Saint George's Episcopal Church", [Cordova, Alaska], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SC108.

Print Source

Buildings of Alaska, Alison K. Hoagland. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 144-145.

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