St. Mark's Episcopal Church Bell Tower - Portland, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.706 W 091° 43.059
15S E 611492 N 4285572
Use Main St. to reach church the old county road is not so good (see gallery)
Waymark Code: WMT0RM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2016
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County of church: Callaway County
Location of church: CR 466 & Main St., Portland
Phone: (573) 676-3352
Vicar: The Rev. Dr. Marshall Crossnoe
Exact date of the church is unknown, but was there before 1910.
The bell tower originally had 4 bells, today it has one.
"The present church was constructed in c. 1908. Apparently the church also supported a school for boys, though the school has long
been defunct. The school buildings, according to Leeper’s history of Portland, were moved and repurposed as residences. This
building is unique among side steeple churches, and churches in general in rural Callaway County. The building is the only example of
rusticated concrete block construction in the survey sample. The building is also one of the best, and most intact, examples of the side
steeple church in the county." ~ Missouri Department of Natural Resources