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St. Paul's Episcopal Mission

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1874. Seymour Rd., 1.7 miles east of Burt
  • (Photograph by Roger Funk)

This little wooden church recalls the lumbering heyday of the nineteenth century. This is a charming vernacular interpretation of Gothic-inspired church design with board-and-batten siding, pointed-arched windows, and open bell tower that accents a small hill overlooking the Flint River. It is an archetypal example of the small bell-cote-type church recommended by Richard Upjohn for communities on the frontier.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Kathryn Bishop Eckert
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What's Nearby

Burt Opera House
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Citation

Kathryn Bishop Eckert, "St. Paul's Episcopal Mission", [Montrose, Michigan], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MI-01-SA21.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Michigan

Buildings of Michigan, Kathryn Bishop Eckert. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 319-319.

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