Grace Episcopal Church (St. Francisville, Louisiana)
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Grace Episcopal Church
| nrhp_type =
| image = GraceEpis10.JPG
| caption =
| location = 510 Ferdinand St., St. Francisville, Louisiana
| coordinates = {{coord|30|46|33|N|91|23|14|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Louisiana#USA
| built = 1858
| builder = Charles Nevitt Gibbons
| architecture = Gothic Revival
| added = March 28, 1979
| area = {{convert|9|acre}}
| refnum = 79001102{{NRISref |refnum=79001102|version=2010a}}
}}
Grace Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The congregation was organized in 1827. The present church was completed in 1860, but it was heavily damaged by Union gunboats in 1863, during the Civil War.
The current appearance of the church dates to its repair and rebuilding in 1893. The organ dates to 1860. The church is one of the state's oldest Protestant churches.{{cite web
|title=Grace Episcopal Church Historical Marker
|author=Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
|url=http://www.stoppingpoints.com/louisiana/West-Feliciana/Grace+Episcopal+Church.html
|access-date=August 9, 2009
}}
Notable burials
- Martha Hilliard Barrow Turnbull - owner of Rosedown Plantation{{cite web |url=http://lahistory.org/site37.php |title=Dictionary T - Louisiana Historical Association |website=lahistory.org |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923113542/http://lahistory.org/site37.php |archive-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}
- Robert Hilliard Barrow - four-star General in the U.S. Marine Corps.
- John Bennett Dawson - 19th-century Louisiana Congressman.
- John Elliott Hart - Union Navy officer that died nearby on the Mississippi River; whose 1863 funeral has been commemorated, since 1999, with a festival, "The Day the War Stopped".
- Junius Wallace Jones - Major General, United States Air Force.
- Samuel Lawrason - state senator, author of the Lawrason Act of 1898.
- William Walter Leake - Confederate cavalry officer, who facilitated the Masonic burial of John E. Hart, above; later a state senator, circuit court judge, and newspaper publisher.
- George Mathews Jr. - presiding Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1813–1836.
- Joseph P. Newsham - 19th-century Congressman; he had served in the Union Army during the Civil War and moved to Louisiana after receiving disabling injuries.
See also
- St. John's Episcopal Church (Laurel Hill, Louisiana): also NRHP-listed in West Feliciana Parish
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Weyanoke, Louisiana): also NRHP-listed in West Feliciana Parish
- National Register of Historic Places listings in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
References
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External links
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- [http://www.gracechurchwfp.org/ Grace Episcopal Church, St. Francisville] official site
- [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=35825069&CRid=2140824& Grace Episcopal Cemetery] on Find a Grave
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Episcopal church buildings in Louisiana
Category:Churches in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Category:National Register of Historic Places in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Category:1858 establishments in Louisiana
Category:Churches completed in 1858
Category:19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in Louisiana
Category:St. Francisville, Louisiana
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