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St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic church complex at 73 Columbia Road in the Dorchester neighborhood of
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. The complex consists of three buildings: a chapel, rectory, and parish hall. All three were built between 1904 and 1909, with the last significant alteration to the exterior of the church occurring in 1916. All three buildings were designed by Edmund O. Sylvester, and present a unified architectural statement of Craftsman styling with some English Gothic (Tudor Revival) detailing. The church complex was listed on the
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in 2014. The congregation was established as a mission in 1887 after fire destroyed the St. Mary's Church on Bowdoin Street on June 15, and a portion of its congregation began to meet in the Grove Hall area of Dorchester. St. Mary's Mission carried on until October 31, 1897. An independent mission was organized a week later, which adopted the name "St. Mark's" on March 13, 1898, and which acquired land on Columbia Road to build a church in early October. The cornerstone for the new church was laid April 25, 1904, and the first service held on September 18. The congregation was formally incorporated as a
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on January 15, 1906.


Leadership

* Henry Martyn Saville - Minister-in-Charge, 1898-1906 * Henry Martyn Saville - Rector, 1906-1907 * Frank Dorr Budlong - Rector, 1907-1918 * Robert Eliot Marshall - Rector, 1930-???? * Burdette Landsdowne - Rector, 1944-???? * R. J. Carlson - Rector, 1957-???? * Thomas W. O. Mayers - Rector, 1991-2008 * Cathy H. George - Priest-in-Charge, 2008-2011 * James K. Githitu - Rector, 2011-2016


See also

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References


External links


Episcopal Church page on the church
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