St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Kansas City, Missouri)

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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
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West side of the church
Religion
Affiliation Episcopal Church in the United States of America
LeadershipThe Rev'd Charles Everson, SCP
Location
Location Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Architecture
Architect(s) William Halsey Wood
TypeLate Gothic Revival
Website
www.stmaryskcmo.org

St. Mary's Episcopal Church, at 1307 Holmes Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, is an Episcopal church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. It is part of the Diocese of West Missouri.

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St. Mary's was the first Episcopal church in Kansas City, established in 1857. The parish was founded as St. Luke's, and the name changed in the 1870s. It was sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri. Prior to the construction of the building at 13th and Holmes, the congregation worshiped at several locations including a building at 8th and Walnut.

The current Holmes Street building was built in 1887. The Gothic Revival church was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. "National Register of Historic Places". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-13.