St. John's-In-The-Prairie | |
 The church in 2008 | |
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| Location | SR 4, Forkland, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 32°38′51″N87°52′54″W / 32.64750°N 87.88167°W |
| Built | 1859 |
| Architect | Upjohn, Richard |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000313 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 20, 1975 |
St. John's-In-The-Prairie, now known as St. John's Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal church in Forkland, Alabama, United States.
The congregation was organized in 1834 by Caleb Ives, a pioneer missionary, and was admitted to parish status in 1838. The first rector was the Rev. John Avery. The wooden Gothic Revival structure was built in 1859 on a Southern plantation to the designs of Richard Upjohn. [1] It was a Methodist church, built on a Southern plantation south of Greensboro in the Antebellum South. [2]
After the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the Methodist planter had lost most of his assets. [2] He ran afoul of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South after he built a saloon from the ruins of his plantation house. [2] As a result, he decided to convert the congregation to an Episcopal church and move the building across the Black Warrior River to its present location in 1878. [2] [3] Others suggest he had sold alcohol to the Union Army and moved to flee veterans of the Confederate States Army. [2]
As of 2017, the church still has several congregants. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1975. [1]
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