St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church is an

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church in Paul Smiths in the Adirondacks, New York State, United States. It was founded in 1876 by Dr.

Edward Livingston Trudeau Edward Livingston Trudeau (5 October 1848 – 15 November 1915) was an American physician who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake for treatment of tuberculosis. Dr. Trudeau also established the Saranac Laboratory for ...

with the help of

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and many of the wealthy camp owners around Spitfire, Upper, and

Lower Saint Regis Lake Lower St. Regis Lake is a part of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks in northern New York State. At its northern edge is Paul Smith's College, former site of Paul Smith's Hotel. Along with Upper St. Regis Lake and Spitfire Lake, it became ...

s. The original log building burned in 1928, and was replaced by the present structure, designed by

William G. Distin William G. Distin (1884–1970), an architect of Saranac Lake, New York, was an early associate of Great Camp designer William L. Coulter who went on to design a number of Adirondack Great Camps. Born in Plattsburgh, his family moved to Sara ...

, in 1930. The non-denominational cemetery surrounding the church contains the graves of Dr. Trudeau, Paul Smith, Charles Minot Dole (founder of the

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), Clifford R. Pettis (the father of reforestation) and several other notable residents of the area. Image:Benjamin Muncil Grave Marker - Paul Smiths NY.jpg,

Benjamin A. Muncil Benjamin A. Muncil (28 Aug 1867 – 16 Dec 1930) was an American master builder in the Adirondacks early in the 20th century. He was a major figure in the architectural development of the Adirondack Great Camps; among his many projects was ...

's gravestone Image:Paul Smith's gravestone - Paul Smiths NY.jpg, Paul Smith's gravestone Image:E L Trudeau gravestone.jpg, Dr. E L Trudeau gravestone Image:Mildred Phelps Stokes Hooker gravestone.jpg, Mildred Phelps Stokes Hooker, daughter of Anson Phelps Stokes Image:Charles Minot Dole grave marker 2.jpg, Charles Minot Dole grave marker

External links

Town of Brighton, St. John's in the Wilderness

''New York Times'', July 8, 1906, "Worship in the Wilderness; Campers on St. Regis Lake Gather in Little Log Chapel."
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