You are here

Iowa » Missouri River—West » Harlan » Saint Paul's Episcopal Church

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church

-A A +A
1898–1900, Proudfoot and Bird. 712 Farnham St.
  • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim)

This is one of the gems among Iowa's churches. The architects brought together a wide range of design approaches prevalent at the turn of the century. The late Queen Anne-Shingle style generally dominates, accompanied by Gothic Revival details; however, the massing of the building relates to the Colonial Revival, and a number of the wood details are from the Arts and Crafts movement. As in many Episcopal churches, there has been a dramatic reduction in scale; everything (including the central tower) seems miniaturized.

Writing Credits

Author: 
David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
×

Data

What's Nearby

Shelby County Courthouse
Shelby County Bank
House
Leland Log Cabin and McIntosh Log Cabin

Citation

David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Saint Paul's Episcopal Church", [Harlan, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-MW054.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 476-476.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,