St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church (Sitka, Alaska)

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St. Peter's Church
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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Location611 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates 57°03′05″N135°19′41″W / 57.05152°N 135.32799°W / 57.05152; -135.32799
Arealess than one acre
Built1899
Built byJohn W. Dudley
Architect H. Louis Duhring Jr.
Architectural styleGothic style
NRHP reference No. 78000538 [1]
AHRS No.SIT-029
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 1978
Designated AHRSOctober 24, 1972

St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, also known as St. Peter's by the Sea or St. Peter's Episcopal Church, is a historic church building at 611 Lincoln Street in Sitka, Alaska. It is a Gothic Revival structure, built of stone and wood, with a modest bell tower topped by a pyramidal roof. The basement and more than half of the main floor's height are fieldstone with timbered elements, above which is wood framing clad in wooden shingles. Three stone buttresses line the side of the church, separating four rectangular windows with half-round windows directly above. [2] The rose window of the church includes a Star of David. [3] The church was built in 1899, and was the first substantial Episcopal church in Sitka, which had previously held services in smaller locations. [2]

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The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as "St. Peter's Church") in 1978. The adjoining See House is separately listed on the National Register. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for St. Peter's Church". National Park Service. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  3. "History of St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church". St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.

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