St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church was built in 1896 and is a beautiful example of Gothic Revival architecture.
Backstory and Context
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An Episcopal minister from Livingston, Rev. Alfred Brown, conducted the first Protestant services in Big Timber in 1884. Regular services were soon held in a Congregational church, a schoolhouse (where the first services took place), and a building called Shankis Hall. Efforts to build the current church began in 1892. In 1895, an Episcopal women's guild, which had formed around 1884, sold a subscription paper to raise funds. Construction began that year and was completed in February 1896. The name of the church was originally going to be St. Paul's but was changed to St. Mark's in 1895. The church, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, was one several stone building erected in Big Timber during the late 1800s. A schoolhouse was moved to the church grounds in 1932 and has served as the church hall.
Sources
Hood, Davyd F. & Jiusto, Chere. "St. Mark's Episcopal Church." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. July 21, 1995. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/e3b15f88-fdfa-4349-8911-59a92f6bec8c.
The Montana National Register Sign Program. “St. Mark's Episcopal Church.” Montana Historical Society - Digital Vault. Accessed July 15, 2020, http://digitalvault.mhs.mt.gov/items/show/21111.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church