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St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Dover, New Hampshire)
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church built in 1892 is an historic Episcopal church located at 5 Hale Street in Dover
Dover, New Hampshire
Dover is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, in the United States of America. The population was 29,987 at the 2010 census, the largest in the New Hampshire Seacoast region...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, in the United States
United States
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. On June 7, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.
National Register listing
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church ** (added 1984 - Building - #84003241)
- 5 Hale St., Dover
- Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Vaughan, Henry
- Architectural Style: Late Gothic Revival, Other
- Area of Significance: Architecture
- Period of Significance: 1875-1899
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Religion
- Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
- Current Function: Religion
- Current Sub-function: Religious Structure
History
St. Thomas Episcopal Church was organized on September 22, 1839, and in 1840 built a Carpenter GothicCarpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...
church on the corner of Central Avenue and St. Thomas Street next to the William Hale House. In the late 1880s, the city of Dover bought both the church and the Hale House. The church was demolished in 1891 and the Hale House was moved to the other side of Hale Street.
The church bought a lot next to the relocated Hale House and in 1892 hired noted architect Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan (Architect)
Henry Vaughan , a prolific and talented church architect, came to America to bring the English Gothic style to the American branch of the Anglican Communion . He was an apprentice under George Frederick Bodley and went on to great success popularizing the Gothic Revival style.-Life:Vaughan was...
to design a new church in the Gothic Revival or English Perpendicular style. Construction began in 1891 and the first service was held the next year. The church was not consecrated, though, until September 17, 1916. In 1901 the church bought the William Hale House, which was also later listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Current use
St. Thomas Episcopal Church is still an active parish in the Seacoast Deanery of the Episcopal Diocese of New HampshireEpiscopal Diocese of New Hampshire
The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America , covers the entire state of New Hampshire. It was originally part of the Diocese of Massachusetts, but became independent in 1841. The see city is Concord...
. The Rev. Susan E. Garrity was called to be the rector on July 29th, 2010 and has accepted the call.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Strafford County, New Hampshire
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church (disambiguation)