St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Stockbridge, MA - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church was organized in 1834. Services were held at the Academy and Town Hall before for eight years before their first building was built in 1844. In 1883, Susan Ridley Sedgwick Butler, a member of the famous Sedgwick family of Stockbridge, died and her husband Charles Butler offered to build a new church as a memorial to his wife. Charles Follen McKim of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White created and donated the plans for the new Romanesque Revival style church which was completed in 1884. This was McKim's first design for a church.

The church is is built of rough-faced gray granite blocks and has a slate roof. The church has a asymmetric design. The entrance is through a porch at the south west corner of the building which contains a sculpture "The Spirit of Life" by parishioner Daniel Chester French. To the east of the entrance is the main block of the church. At the south east corner is a clock and belfry tower with a pyramidal roof topped by a finial and a weathervane. There is an entrance at the base of the tower with its door recessed and framed by a rounded arch. A second smaller hexagonal tower abuts the main on the west side. The west, gabled end of the building features decorative stonework around a connected pair of Romanesque Revival style windows. Below are three Gothic Style stained glass windows reinstalled from the original church.

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1884 Age of Church building determined by?: Historical Society If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Episcopal If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 10:00 AM Street address of Church: 29 Main Street Stockbridge, MA United States 01262 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed

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