Christ Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church located in Springfield,

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. The Richardsonian Romanesque church is built in rusticated stone and features

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s and a rounded

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; the Illinois State Register described it as "one of the most beautiful churches ever built in Springfield". The church was built in 1888 and partly sponsored by businessmen George H. Webster and Charles Ridgely, who stipulated in their donation that the church must always conduct a low church service; the church is now the only low church in the

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. A parish house was added to the church in 1914, and a Sunday school building was added in 1950. The church was added to the

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on September 12, 1980.

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External links

Christ Episcopal Church website
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