The South Park Community Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church building located at 600 Hathaway Street in Fairplay,

Park County, Colorado Park County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,390. The county seat is Fairplay. The county was named after the large geographic region known as South Park, which was named by early f ...

. Built in 1874, the church was founded by

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missionary Sheldon Jackson. Its

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siding and

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s are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. Originally the Sheldon Jackson Memorial Chapel, the structure is now the South Park Community (Presbyterian) Church. On November 22, 1977, the church was added to the

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.National Register of Historic Places listings for Park County
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Colorado Presbyterian churches in Colorado Churches completed in 1874 19th-century churches in the United States Buildings and structures in Park County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Colorado {{Colorado-church-stub