St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Dover, New Hampshire)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church | |
Location | 5 Hale Street Gothic Revival or English Perpendicular |
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NRHP reference No. | 84003241[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 7, 1984 |
St. Thomas Episcopal Church is an historic
History
St. Thomas Episcopal Church was organized on September 22, 1839, and in 1840 built a
The church bought a lot next to the relocated Hale House and, in 1890, hired architect
St. Thomas Episcopal Church is still an active parish in the Seacoast Deanery of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. The Rev. Suzanne Poulin was called to be the rector on January 25, 2018 and accepted the call.
Architecture
St. Thomas is located in downtown Dover, on the south side of Hale Street, across from Dover City Hall. It is basically rectangular in footprint, with a square tower rising at the northwest corner, and slightly projecting transepts. The tower has an outside circular turret which houses its spiral staircase. The tower has angled buttresses at the corners, and the main church body's side windows are also articulated by buttressing. It is covered by a gabled roof supported by heavy wooden trusses in a kingpost form. The interior retains original woodwork and plaster; its gas chandeliers have been replaced by electric lighting.[4] At the back (south side), it is joined by a modern parish hall to the William Hale House, which stands just to its east.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Strafford County, New Hampshire
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church (disambiguation)
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b St. Thomas Episcopal Church history
- ^ Dover Library history of church
- ^ "NRHP nomination for St. Thomas Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
External links
Media related to St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Dover, New Hampshire) at Wikimedia Commons