Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, also known as Confederate Memorial Chapel and as the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, is a

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

style Christian church in

Port Gibson, Mississippi Port Gibson is a city and the county seat of Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. The first European settlers i ...

History

The church was built in 1868 in the town of

Rodney, Mississippi Rodney is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Most of the buildings are gone and the remaining structures are in various states of disrepair. The town regularly floods and buildings have extensive flood damage. The Rod ...

. In 1983, the Rodney Foundation donated the building to the state, which moved it to

Grand Gulf Military State Park Grand Gulf Military State Park is a Mississippi state park located 10 miles northwest of Port Gibson in an unincorporated area, now the ghost town of Grand Gulf, in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The park includes the remnants of two batteries ...

. Once in the park, the church was restored to its original condition and is now used as a non-denominational chapel. It was declared a

Mississippi Landmark A Mississippi Landmark is a building officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestowed on prope ...

in 1985 and listed on the

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in 1987.May 11, 2020

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Mississippi Roman Catholic churches completed in 1868 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States Mississippi Landmarks Churches in Claiborne County, Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Claiborne County, Mississippi Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Mississippi {{Mississippi-RC-church-stub