St. Mark's Episcopal Church - Jackson, MS
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N 32° 17.997 W 090° 12.014
15S E 763633 N 3577127
A Mississippi History Marker in Jackson, MS
Waymark Code: WMDCV4
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2011
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
This church, orginized in 1883, began as a Sunday School mission to blacks under the episcopate of Bishop Hugh M Thompson. The first instructor was a Mr. Williams, an African American. The Rev. Richard T Middleton became the first priest in 1904. This building was constructed in 1927 under the leadership of the Rev. James T Jeffery. It housed a day school and the Fannie Johnson Memorial Clinic for the needy, regardless of race or creed. Parish status was attained in 1983, under the Rt. Rev. Duncan M Gray, Jr., Bishop
Date Installed:: 2006/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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