St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Wrangell, Alaska)

St. Philip's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 446 Church Street in Wrangell, Alaska, United States. Its frame vernacular-style church was built as the People's Church in 1903 by a Presbyterian congregation of Alaskan Natives under the direction of its minister, the Rev. Harry Prosper Corser. In 1905 the Rev. Mr. Corser and many of his congregation were received into the Episcopal Church by the Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. Corser was later ordained an Episcopal priest and served the church which was consecrated at St. Phillip's until he retired in 1934. On May 6, 1987, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Saint Philip's Episcopal Church.[1][2]

St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
The church in the late 19th or early 20th century
Location446 Church Street, Wrangell, Alaska
Coordinates56°28′11″N 132°22′43″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
ArchitectOscar Carlson, H.D. Campbell
NRHP reference No.87000654[1]
AHRS No.PET-315
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1987

St. Philip's is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. The Rev. Paula Sampson and the Rev. Ian MacKenzie are its co-rectors.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "St. Philip's Episcopal Church website". Southeastseafarer.org. 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2014-02-24.


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