St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Dover, New Hampshire)

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name =St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Dover, New Hampshire
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location =5 Hale Street

Dover, New Hampshire
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lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 11
lat_seconds = 35
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 70
long_minutes = 52
long_seconds = 30
long_direction = W
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built = 1891-1892
architect = Henry Vaughan
architecture = Gothic Revival or English Perpendicular
added = June 7, 1984
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refnum =84003241 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-07-27|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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governing_body =Private

St. Thomas Episcopal Church built in 1892 is an historic Episcopal church located at 5 Hale Street in Dover, New Hampshire, in the United States. On June 7, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register listing

*St. Thomas Episcopal Church ** (added 1984 - Building - #84003241)
*5 Hale St., Dover
*Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
*Architect, builder, or engineer: Vaughan, Henry
*Architectural Style: Late Gothic Revival, Other
*Area of Significance: Architecture
*Period of Significance: 1875-1899
*Owner: Private
*Historic Function: Religion
*Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
*Current Function: Religion
*Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

History

St. Thomas Episcopal Church was organized on September 22, 1839, and in 1840 built a Carpenter Gothic church on the corner of Central Avenue and St. Thomas Street next to the William Hale House. In the late 1880s, the city of Dover bought both the church and the Hale House. The church was demolished in 1891 and the Hale House was moved to the other side of Hale Street. [ [http://www.stdover.org/history.htm St. Thomas Episcopal Church history] ] [ [http://images.dover.lib.nh.us/DoverHistory/St_Thomas_church.htm Dover Library history of church] ]

The church bought a lot next to the relocated Hale House and in 1892 hired noted architect Henry Vaughan to design a new church in the Gothic Revival or English Perpendicular style. Construction began in 1891 and the first service was held the next year. The church was not consecrated, though, until September 17, 1916. In 1901 the church bought the William Hale House, which was also later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [ [http://www.stdover.org/history.htm St. Thomas Episcopal Church history] ]

Current use

St. Thomas Episcopal Church is still an active parish in the Seacoast Deanery of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. The Rev. Robert S. Ervin is the current rector and the Rev. Kathleen Cullen is the deacon.

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Strafford County, New Hampshire
* St. Thomas Episcopal Church

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NH/Strafford/state.html National Register listings for Strafford County]
* [http://www.stdover.org/ St. Thomas Episcopal Church website]
* [http://www.stdover.org/history.htm St. Thomas Episcopal Church history]
* [http://images.dover.lib.nh.us/DoverHistory/St_Thomas_church.htm Dover Library history of church]