South Park Community Church

The South Park Community Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church building located at 600 Hathaway Street in Fairplay, Park County, Colorado. Built in 1874, the church was founded by Presbyterian missionary Sheldon Jackson. Its board and batten siding and lancet windows are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. Originally the Sheldon Jackson Memorial Chapel, the structure is now the South Park Community (Presbyterian) Church.[2][3][4]

South Park Community Church
Location6th and Hathaway Sts., Fairplay, Colorado
Coordinates39°13′29″N 105°59′57″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1874
Architectural styleGothic, High Victorian, Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.77000382[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 1977

On November 22, 1977, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Colorado Historical Society listings for Park County
  3. Park County: Fairplay Area Historic Sites
  4. Laura King Van Dusen, "Sheldon Jackson's Fairplay Church: One of More than One Hundred in Western U.S.; Jackson Arrested, Jailed in Alaska; Contributed to Settlement of the West", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 69-77.
  5. National Register of Historic Places listings for Park County


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