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The Collegiate Church of St. Paul the Apostle

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1907, John Sutcliffe. 1802 Abercorn St.

Reminiscent of the mid-nineteenth-century Ecclesiological Society’s emphasis on honesty of design, this revival of fourteenth-century English Gothic is set back on a large lawn, with massive gables descending nearly to the ground and red brick walls supported by stepped buttresses. The cavernous interior also features red brick walls supporting the lofty dark-stained timber roof framing, which sets off the German and English stained glass. All of the interior wood furnishings, including the rood screen, pulpit, and statues, were supplied by the Manitowoc Seating Company of Wisconsin, and crafted by workmen trained in Oberammergau, Germany.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

The Georgia Infirmary
Dulany Industries Headquarters (Sexton Hall Mortuary Home; House)
Sisters Court (Little Sisters of the Poor)
Bull Street Public Library (Savannah Public Library)
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "The Collegiate Church of St. Paul the Apostle", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-12.5.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 209-209.

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