All Saints Episcopal Church (Appleton, Wisconsin)

Last updated
All Saints Episcopal Church
AllSaintsChurchAppletonLeStreet(StephenHorncastle)May2006.jpg
The church at Appleton-le-Street, the model for the Appleton church
Religion
Affiliation Episcopal, Anglican
District Diocese of Fond du Lac
Province Province V
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
LeadershipThe Rev. Christopher Wilkerson, Rector
Year consecrated 1905 (current building)
Location
Location Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Geographic coordinates 44°15′43″N88°24′03″W / 44.2620°N 88.4007°W / 44.2620; -88.4007
Architecture
Architect(s) Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Type Church
Style Norman
Completed1905 (current building)
Construction cost$25,000
Specifications
Capacity225
Materials stone
Website
All Saints Episcopal Church

All Saints Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Appleton, Wisconsin. A parish in the Diocese of Fond du Lac, it is the only Episcopal church in Appleton. The congregation first met circa 1854 and organized in 1856. [1] The current church building was consecrated in 1905.

Contents

History

Missionary bishop Jackson Kemper held the first Episcopal service in Appleton in "1854 or 1855". [1] The parish was organized in 1856, and originally named Grace Episcopal Church. The first church building's cornerstone was laid by Bishop Kemper in 1864 and completed in 1866. The wooden structure cost $6,000 and was located at Appleton and Edwards (now Washington) streets. In 1883, the original building was moved to the current church site at College Avenue and Drew Street, adjacent to Lawrence University.

In 1905, that building was moved across the street while the current church building was constructed on the site. The 1905 building was designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. [2] All Saints Norman stone tower is modeled on the tower of All Saints' Church, Appleton-le-Street, Yorkshire. In 1905, the name of the parish was changed to All Saints Episcopal Church. An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 people attended the cornerstone-laying service, presided over by Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton, on October 1, 1905. The first service in the completed building was celebrated on Easter Sunday, April 15, 1906. Bishop Reginald Heber Weller preached; the Rev. S. P. Delany was rector.

At 3:50 a.m., November 30, 1949, a taxi driver reported that a fire had broken out at All Saints. The fire started in the basement and burned through the floor, causing the altar to fall into the basement and charring the rest of the interior of the church. The altar, which was fairly new, the reredos, the organ, the carved choir stalls, a Tiffany window, and the bishop's chair were destroyed, but the baptistry was spared. Vestments and other fabrics were smoke-damaged. The total loss was estimated at $75,000. The interior of the church dates from 1950, rebuilt after the fire by architectural firm Maurey Lee Allen. [2] Bishop Harwood Sturtevant officially rededicated All Saints with special services featuring a new organ on All Saints Sunday 1952. [3] The organ, built by M. P. Moller, was installed in 1951. [4]

The 1910 Reid Memorial Window, a Tiffany window depicting Dorcas, Acts of the Apostles (9:36–42,) was destroyed in the 1949 fire. [5] [6]

In 1959, building plans by J. Rouman & Associates for the parish center were approved, [2] and the rectory and neighboring house on the corner were torn down. Construction began in 1960 and was completed in January 1961. Parish "work parties" painted and did other finishing work. The dedication of the parish center was on April 30, 1961.

Gerald F. Gilmore, formerly assistant minister at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, became rector in 1949. [7] Rev. Patrick Twomey had been rector for 19 years when he retired in 2015. [8]

A five-volume scrapbook, History of All Saints Episcopal Church (Grace Church), was compiled by Ann P. Kloehn and Joyce Barlow Helien is in the possession of the church. [2]

People and Community

Nathan Pusey, who was a member while serving as President of Lawrence College from 1944–1953, was an active partisan in the movement that pushed All Saints into the "low church" column at a time when Wisconsin was predominately "high church." [9] (See folder 4, Correspondence, Nathan Pusey Presidential Papers, 1925-2005 | Lawrence University Archives)

All Saints is a worship community with activities including Sunday School, adult education, youth group, music ministry, pastoral care and a parish nursing program. Parish-organized outreach efforts see parishioners devote time and assistance to local charitable organizations including Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley, Harbor House Domestic Abuse Shelter and Leaven. All Saints also holds several large in-gatherings each year to support these organizations. The Outreach Committee, based on determination of need, directs the in-gatherings.

With its central, downtown location, the building is used by community groups including Attic Theatre, events for Lawrence University and meetings of the Diocese of Fond du Lac.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jackson Kemper</span> American bishop

Jackson Kemper in 1835 became the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Especially known for his work with Native American peoples, he also founded parishes in what in his youth was considered the Northwest Territory and later became known as the "Old Northwest", hence one appellation as bishop of the "Whole Northwest". Bishop Kemper founded Nashotah House and Racine College in Wisconsin, and from 1859 until his death served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

The Diocese of Fond du Lac is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the northeastern third of Wisconsin. The diocese contains about 3,800 baptized members worshiping in 33 locations. It is part of Province 5. Diocesan offices are in Appleton, Wisconsin as are the diocesan Archives. Matthew Gunter is its bishop.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, originally the Diocese of Wisconsin is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southern area of Wisconsin. It is in Province V. The Rt. Reverend Steven Miller was the most recent bishop, serving until December 31, 2020. Jeffrey D. Lee serves as bishop provisional

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Paul's Cathedral (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)</span>

St. Paul's Cathedral is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac and is located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin which is the see city of the diocese.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James DeKoven</span> Episcopal priest and educator (1831–1879)

James DeKoven was a priest, an educator and a leader of Anglican Ritualism in the Episcopal Church.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grace Episcopal Church (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)</span> Historic church in Wisconsin, United States

Grace Episcopal Church located at 1011 North 7th Street in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is an Anglo-Catholic parish of the Episcopal Church, part of the Diocese of Fond du Lac.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russell Jacobus</span> American bishop

Russell Edward Jacobus was the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac in The Episcopal Church. Jacobus was consecrated as bishop on 24 May 1994. Prior to becoming bishop, he served as Rector of St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Waukesha, Wisconsin. At the close of Diocesan convention on October 20, 2012, he announced his intention to retire one year hence, on October 31, 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. James' Episcopal Church (Manitowoc, Wisconsin)</span>

St. James' Episcopal Church, named for James the Greater, is a historic Episcopal church located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The only Episcopal church in Manitowoc County, St. James' is a "broad church" parish in the Diocese of Fond du Lac. It is the oldest continually operating congregation in Manitowoc County, first meeting in 1841. and organizing in 1848. The current church building, an example of Gothic Revival architecture, was consecrated in 1902. The congregation is active in community service and social justice ministries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Chapman Grafton</span>

Charles Chapman Grafton was the second Episcopal Bishop of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Davenport, Iowa)</span> Church in Iowa, United States

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, formerly known as Grace Cathedral, is the historic cathedral in the Diocese of Iowa. The cathedral is located on the bluff overlooking Downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. Completed in 1873, Trinity is one of the oldest cathedrals in the Episcopal Church in the United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In 1983 the cathedral was included as a contributing property in the College Square Historic District, which is also listed on the National Register.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of the Holy Apostles (Oneida, Wisconsin)</span>

The Church of the Holy Apostles, Oneida, Wisconsin, United States, is a mission congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac located on the Oneida Reservation of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harwood Sturtevant</span> Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac

Harwood Sturtevant was the Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac.

William Hampton Brady was a bishop in the American Episcopal Church.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. John's Episcopal Church (Keokuk, Iowa)</span> United States historic place

St. John's Episcopal Church is a parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. It is located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. It was listed, together with the parish hall, on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. John Chrysostom Church (Delafield, Wisconsin)</span> Historic church in Wisconsin, United States

St. John Chrysostom Church, also known as the Episcopal Church of St. John Chrysostom and the Little Red Church on the Hill, is a wooden Episcopal church built in 1852 in Delafield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. In 1972 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Thomas' Episcopal Church (Menasha, Wisconsin)</span>

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is a congregation of the Diocese of Fond du Lac located in Menasha, Wisconsin. The congregation has 900 baptized members and an average Sunday worshipping attendance of 250. It is part of the Lake Winnebago Deanery.

Matthew Alan Gunter is the eighth and current Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in The Episcopal Church. He is also bishop provisional of the adjoining Diocese of Eau Claire. Prior to becoming bishop, he served as Rector of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and as Assistant Rector of St. David Church, Glenview, Illinois.

Oliver Sherman Prescott was a prominent American Anglo-Catholic priest and activist who was active in the foundation of the Society of St. John the Evangelist. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and baptized by Harry Croswell at Trinity Church on the Green in that city. Prescott attended Trinity College, Hartford from 1840 to 1842 and Yale College from 1843 to 1844; he was graduated from the General Theological Seminary in New York in 1847 and made a deacon that year at Trinity Church in New Haven. He considered himself a protégé at the General of Professor Clement Clarke Moore.

The Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity (SHN) is an Anglican religious order for women founded in 1882 by Charles Chapman Grafton SSJE. Three sisters and six novices of the Society of St. Margaret (SSM), associated with the Cowley Fathers, left SSM in 1882 to establish the new order. Sister Ruth Margaret Vose (1826-1910) was its first mother superior. The order was incorporated in Wisconsin on May 29, 1921, and remains active in the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Alban's Church, Olney</span> Church in Olney, Pennsylvania, United States

St. Alban's Church, Olney was a church of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in the Olney section of North Philadelphia. Through the ministry and influence of its most significant rector, Archibald Campbell Knowles (1865-1961), St. Alban's was considered a major Anglo-Catholic parish of the American Protestant Episcopal Church. The building is inscribed as landmark No. 56 of the Philadelphia Historical Commission. The cornerstone for the congregation's second building was laid on January 24, 1915, and it was consecrated on June 20, 1915 by Bishop Reginald Heber Weller of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac. Its architect was George T. Pearson in the Philadelphia firm of Sloan & Hutton; his other work includes St. Luke's, Germantown, Market Square Presbyterian Church in Germantown, buildings at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, college buildings throughout the United States, and several railroad stations and hotels in Virginia.

References

  1. 1 2 A. Parker Curtiss, "Appleton: All Saints' Church", in History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations. 1925. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "All Saints Episcopal Church". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "History" Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine , All Saints Episcopal Church. Retrieved on 26 April 2008
  4. ↑ "All Saints Episcopal Church". Pipe Organ List. American Guild of Organists. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Duncan, Alastair (1980). Tiffany Windows. Simon and Schuster. p. 224. ISBN   9780671249519.
  6. ↑ A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers. Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company. 1897. p. 65.
  7. ↑ "Rev. Gilmore Accepts Post in Wisconsin". The Washington Post . 21 April 1949. ProQuest   152210769.
  8. ↑ Anderson, Cheryl (1 February 2015). "All Saints' Twomey takes early retirement". The Post-Crescent . Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  9. ↑ Whipple, Charles (17 June 1953). "Pusey Has Major Role in Every Controversy but Makes Few Foes". The Boston Globe . ProQuest   822323565.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.