St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Wrangell, Alaska)

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location= 446 Church St., Wrangell, Alaska
lat_degrees = 56
lat_minutes = 28
lat_seconds = 23
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 132
long_minutes = 22
long_seconds = 44
long_direction = W
locmapin = Alaska
area =
built =1903
architect= Oscar Carlson; H.D. Campbell
architecture= Other
added = May 06, 1987
governing_body = Private
refnum=87000654cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

St. Philip's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 446 Church Street in Wrangell, Alaska. Its frame vernacular style church was built as the People's Church in 1903 by a Presbyterian congregation of Alaskan Natives under the direction of its minister, the Rev. Harry Prosper Corser. In 1905 the Rev. Mr. Corser and many of his congregation were received into the Episcopal Church by the Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. Corser was later ordained an Episcopal priest and served the church which was consecrated at St. Phillip's until he retired in 1934. On May 06, 1987, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Saint Philip's Episcopal Church.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] [ [http://www.southeastseafarer.org/stphilips.html St. Philip's Episcopal Church website] ]

St. Philip's is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. The Rev. Paula Sampson and the Rev. Ian MacKenzie are its co-rectors. [ [http://www.southeastseafarer.org/stphilips.html St. Philip's Episcopal Church website] ]

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External links

* [http://www.southeastseafarer.org/stphilips.html St. Philip's Episcopal Church website]
* [http://members.tripod.com/~st_philips/ Another website covering St. Philip's Episcopal Church]