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St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a historic
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church located at 239 Second Avenue at Adams Street in
Seward, Alaska Seward (Alutiiq language, Alutiiq: ; Denaʼina language, Dena'ina: ''Tl'ubugh'') is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated ...
, United States. The first Episcopal services in Seward were held in 1904 by a priest from Valdez. The church building was constructed between 1905 and 1906 and was consecrated on April 1, 1906, by the Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. The interior of the church is noted for the 1925
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which was done by Dutch artist Jan Van Empel. The church was added to the
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in 1979. St. Peter's is still an active Episcopal parish.


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St. Peter's Episcopal Church website1930s photo by Sylvia Sexton: Inside the Episcopal church showing the painting of the Resurrection that Jan van Emple did for the reredos of the church
* 1906 establishments in Alaska Buildings and structures in Seward, Alaska Bungalow architecture in Alaska Episcopal church buildings in Alaska Historic American Buildings Survey in Alaska Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Christian organizations established in 1904 Tourist attractions in Seward, Alaska Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska {{Alaska-Anglican-church-stub