Saint Philip's Episcopal Church - Circleville, OH
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N 39° 35.999 W 082° 56.830
17S E 332818 N 4385171
St. Philip's Episcopal Church, dating from 1868, is the oldest continuously used church in Pickaway County, Ohio. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It's Gothic architecture is a landmark in Circleville, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM52EV
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2008
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From the church's web site:
"Be it remembered that on the 26th day of May, A. D. 1817, the Rev. Philander Chase, late Rector of Christ Church, Hartford, State of Connecticut, preached and performed Divine Service in the town of Circleville, according to the Liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. After which he explained his purpose in coming to the State of Ohio and the success in which has attended his labors, in collecting and organizing Churches to the Glory of God and the good of men’s souls.”
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From the Wikipedia
St. Philip's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 129 West Mound Street in Circleville, Ohio. The first Episcopal service in Circleville was held on May 26, 1817, by the Rev. Philander Chase, who in 1819 became the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.
The stone church building was built in 1866 in a combine Gothic and Tudor Revival style and was consecrated in 1868. On May 15, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Saint Philip's Episcopal Church. It is also known as the Little Church on the Mound, the mound being Mount Gilboa.[1][2]
St. Philip's today is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.
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The present St. Philip’s church was consecrated in 1868. It still has its gas fixtures, walnut pews, woodwork and some of the original stained glass windows. The windows being the three tall, narrow windows visible in the façade on Mound Street.