St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, also known as St. Peter's by the Sea or St. Peter's Episcopal Church, is a historic church building at 611 Lincoln Street in
Sitka, Alaska
Sitka (; ) is a municipal home rule, unified Consolidated city-county, city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian America, Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Ba ...
. It is a Gothic Revival structure, built of stone and wood, with a modest bell tower topped by a pyramidal roof. The basement and more than half of the main floor's height are fieldstone with timbered elements, above which is wood framing clad in wooden shingles. Three stone buttresses line the side of the church, separating four rectangular windows with half-round windows directly above.
The rose window of the church includes a Star of David.
The church was built in 1899, and was the first substantial Episcopal church in Sitka, which had previously held services in smaller locations.
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The church was listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
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(as "St. Peter's Church") in 1978. The adjoining See House is separately listed on the National Register.[
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19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Buildings and structures in Sitka, Alaska
Episcopal church buildings in Alaska
Churches completed in 1899
1899 establishments in Alaska
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Sitka, Alaska
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