St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in

Hope, Arkansas Hope is a city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Hope micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which in ...

, in the Diocese of Arkansas. The congregation was founded in the late 1870s, and celebrated its first service on April 2, 1879. It was established as a parish on September 7, 1880. It is noted for its historic

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at 3rd and Elm Streets. The simple wood-frame

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church was built in 1904–5, though it was not until March 28, 1909, when it was consecrated, by Bishop William Montgomery Brown. It has a modified T shape, with a gabled vestibule area on the north facade. Its stained glass windows are believed to have been designed by

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. The pipe organ was installed in 1915. The church was listed on the

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in 1976.

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Episcopal church buildings in Arkansas Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Churches completed in 1905 Churches in Hempstead County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead County, Arkansas 1879 establishments in Arkansas {{Arkansas-Anglican-church-stub

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