St. Matthew's Church is a historic

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church in Champlain,

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, United States. It was built between 1860 and 1865, and is a one-story, one bay, gable-end-entry, rectangular brick building. It was consecrated in 1870 and served the residents for 100 years, until its conversion to a

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in 1970. an
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in 2004.

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