Church of the Bread of Life - Bismarck ND - Relocated Structures on Waymarking.com

The Bread of Life Church served as an Episcopal church for 80 years, from 1885-1965. In that time it was moved twice, as detailed on the official ND state historic marker on its north side:

"CHURCH OF THE BREAD OF LIFE

When plans for the Church of the Bread of Life were accepted in August 1879, the Episcopal congregation’s building committee contracted to spend $2,500 to build a place of worship. The funds, raised by benefit suppers and entertainments, proved insufficient, and the interior walls were unfinished and bare when consecration ceremonies were held on June 1 1880, by Bishop Clarkson of Omaha and Reverend Dr. Batterson of Philadelphia. Five years later the omission was corrected and the Bismarck Weekly Tribune declared that, “it was, indeed, a transformation which was presented to the admiring gaze if the congregation.”

First Located at Avenue A and Mandan Street, the church, renamed St. George’s Episcopal, was removed to Third and Rosser about 1900. There, a small parish house was built and later joined to the rear of the church. When the new St. George’s Episcopal Church at Ave B and Fourth Street was completed, the former property was sold and later acquired for a building site by the Presbyterian Church. The old structure was donated to the state and moved to Camp Hancock in 1965. It has since been restored to its post-1885 appearance. Following restoration, the congregation of St. George’s donated a number of original furnishings which are now in the building."

The church is now part of a Bismarck history display at Campo Hancock at First and Main.

Original Location: N 46° 48.275 W 100° 47.517 How it was moved: Wheels / Dolly / Truck Type of move: Inside City Building Status: Museum Related Website: [Web Link]

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