Grace Episcopal Church is a historic church in
Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missour ...
.
The church is located at 820 Broadway in the historic centre of Paducah, close to the Lloyd Tilghman House and Civil War Museum.
A church has been on the site since 1846.
The current building dates from 1873, the design of architect
Henry Martyn Congdon
Henry Martyn Congdon (May 10, 1834 – February 28, 1922) was an American architect and designer. The son of an Episcopal priest who was a founder of the New York Ecclesiological Society, he was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1854, he graduated ...
, and was added to the National Register of Historic Buildings in 1976.
The church continues as an active centre of worship in the
Diocese of Kentucky
The Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the western half of the state of Kentucky.
History
The first verifiable religious services in Kentucky were held on May 28, 1 ...
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References
Episcopal church buildings in Kentucky
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Gothic Revival church buildings in Kentucky
Churches completed in 1873
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Churches in McCracken County, Kentucky
Buildings and structures in Paducah, Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in McCracken County, Kentucky
1873 establishments in Kentucky
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