Belgrade and St. David's Church, also known as Pettigrew's Chapel, is a historic

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and home located at Creswell,

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. St. David's Church was built over a number of years. It is a cruciform, weatherboarded frame structure with a cross gable roof. It features a late-19th century two-part

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with a four-faced, pyramidal, bell-cast spire. Belgrade was built about 1797, and is a small one-story

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style frame dwelling with a steep gable roof. It was the home of the home of Charles "Parson" Pettigrew, first Bishop of the

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. It was listed on the

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in 1978.

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