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Grace Episcopal Church

Tripp
Jul 21, 2016
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Grace Episcopal Church

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Today we're going to look at another old church here in Montgomery County.  The most interesting thing about Grace Episcopal Church is that it was designed in 1861 according to the popular architectural style of the time, Carpenter Gothic.  Sadly the outbreak of the Civil War and its aftermath delayed the actual construction until 1893.  Rather than soliciting a new, more contemporary design, the congregation used Joseph Pierson's original plans.

Grace Episcopal Church in 1962 (photo courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives & History)
Grace Episcopal Church in 1962 (photo courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives & History)
Grace Episcopal Church, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Grace Episcopal Church, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Rear of Grace Episcopal Church, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Rear of Grace Episcopal Church, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Site of Grace Episcopal Church historical marker, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Site of Grace Episcopal Church historical marker, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Approach to Grace Episcopal Church, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Approach to Grace Episcopal Church, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Grace Episcopal Church historical marker, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama
Grace Episcopal Church historical marker, Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama

“Grace Episcopal Church

In the late 1850s the cluster of Episcopal families around Mt. Meigs undertook to build a church and engaged Pennsylvania architect Joseph W. Pierson to prepare the plans. The plans were submitted in April 1861, but due to the hardships caused by the Civil War and its aftermath, it was over 30 years before the church was actually built. Finally becoming a reality in 1893, Grace Church was constructed according to Pierson’s original plans in the “Gothic Revival” style popular for rural Episcopal churches all across the South during the 1850s. The auxiliary buildings and the church gardens are of much more recent construction but reflect the style of the original sanctuary.”

— Alabama Historical Association - 2000
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