St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Casselton, North Dakota
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| St. Stephen's Episcopal Church | |
| Designer | Hancock, George |
| Location | Casselton, North Dakota, USA |
| Date | 1886 |
| Building Type | Religion |
| Construction System | Stone, Stone, Shingle, Stone |
| Architectural Style | Gothic Revival |
| Builder | Maconachie, Nathaniel |
| Street Address | Jct. of 3rd Ave. and 5th St., SE corner |
| Notes | also known as Casselton Mennonite Church; St. Stephen's Church |
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| National Register of Historic Places | |
| Name | St. Stephen's Episcopal Church |
| NRHP Area | Episcopal Churches of North Dakota MPS |
| ID Number | 92001609 |
| NRHP Status | Listed In The National Register |
| Certification Date | 12/03/1992 |
| Level of Significance | State |
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church was built in 1885-1887, while Dakota was still a territory; the architect was Fargoan George Hancock (1849-1924), who had emigrated from England to Fargo in 1882, at a time when most religious denominations were still organizing. Almost immediately after his arrival, Hancock began working with the Rev. B. F. Cooley, the local parish priest who served Fargo and several other nearby parishes. By the time a missionary bishop was elected (Rt. Rev. William David Walker in 1884), a design "team" was in place to give architectural presence to the newly formed Missionary Diocese of North Dakota. The Walker-Cooley-Hancock collaboration produced nearly a dozen church building in the ten years--at Casselton, Mayville, Pembina, Lisbon, Devils Lake, Lakota among others. Hancock's reputation as a design of churches brought him other commissions in both Minnesota and Montana.
Of this series of buildings, St. Stephen's is remarkable for its similarity to Christ Church (Episcopal) at Medway, Massachusetts, a congregation Rev. Cooley had served before his own migration westward. Cooley can be connected with a number of church construction projects in Massachusetts, Dakota Territory and Wisconsin, which suggests that he may have played a larger role in the design process than would normally be expected of clergy. A fourth collaborator at St. Stephen's was Nathaniel Maconachie, a Scottish stone mason who had also relocated to Fargo during the "First Dakota Boom" of ca. 1879-1885.
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