St. Mary's Episcopal Church was the first Episcopal

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 church

Local church

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 in Kansas City, Missouri

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, established in 1857.

The parish was founded as St. Luke's, and the name changed in the 1870s. It was sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri

Independence, Missouri

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. Prior to the construction of the building at 13th and Holmes, the congregation worshipped at several locations including a building at 8th and Walnut.

The current Holmes Street building was built in 1887. The Gothic Revival

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church was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

External links

• St. Mary's Episcopal Church