St. Mark's Episcopal Church (St. Albans, West Virginia)
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church, also known as Bangor Parish, is a historic
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at 405-407 B Street in
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, USA. It was built in 1847, and is a one-story brick building in the
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style. The church has a rectangular floor plan with a front vestibule and entrance through a central tower. During the
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, the building and surrounding property were occupied by Union forces. They burned the parsonage and damaged the interior of the church. After the war the building had to be closed for a period of time while only temporary repairs were made. The Federal government paid restitution for the damages in 1915, and the building was restored to good condition. It was listed on the
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in 1977.


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19th-century Episcopal church buildings American Civil War sites in West Virginia Churches in Kanawha County, West Virginia Episcopal churches in West Virginia Gothic Revival church buildings in West Virginia Kanawha County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War National Register of Historic Places in Kanawha County, West Virginia Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Churches completed in 1847 1847 establishments in Virginia St. Albans, West Virginia {{WestVirginia-Anglican-church-stub