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St. Mark's Episcopal Church is an historic
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church located at 6-8 Highland Street in
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, in the
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. Organized in 1855, it is part of the
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. Its building, completed in 1859, was designed by New York City architect J. Coleman Hart, and is one of the region's most distinctive churches, having a
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design built out of half-timbered brick. On December 13, 1984, the church building was added to the
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. The current pastor is Rev. Tobias Nyatsambo.


Architecture and history

St. Mark's is located in the village center of Ashland, on the east side of Highland Street just south of the town hall. It is a single-story building, its exterior consisting of
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framing filled with brick usually laid in
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, and set on a granite foundation. Stained glass windows are set in their own panel sections, and have cinquefoil arched heads and beveled surrounds. To the southeast of the main block stands a tower with an open belfry, which is topped by a hip roof that transitions into an octagonal steeple shingled with fishscale wood shingles. The Episcopal congregation in Ashland was established in 1855, and originally met in the town's union church. Planning for construction of this building began in 1857, and the first services were held on
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, 1859. It was formally consecrated in 1853, when its construction debts were paid off. The building was designed by J. Coleman Hart, an architect from
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about whom little is known. The design is a high quality and distinctive example of Gothic Revival architecture, unusual for its use of brick and timber instead of either stone or wood framing. The building is the only known church in New Hampshire's Lakes Region built in this style. The accompanying parish house, built in 1899, is a good example of
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.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Grafton County, New Hampshire This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grafton County, New Hampshire. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Grafton County, New Ha ...
* St. Mark's Episcopal Church (disambiguation)


References


External links


Church web site
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