St. John's-In-The-Prairie
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St. John's-In-The-Prairie, now known as St. John's Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal church in Forkland, Alabama, United States.
History
The congregation was organized in 1834 by Caleb Ives, a pioneer missionary, and was admitted to parish status in 1838. The first rector was the Rev. John Avery. The wooden Gothic Revival structure was built in 1859 on a Southern plantation to the designs of Richard Upjohn.[1] It was a Methodist church, built on a Southern plantation south of Greensboro in the Antebellum South.[2]
After the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the Methodist planter had lost most of his assets.[2] He ran afoul of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South after he built a saloon from the ruins of his plantation house.[2] As a result, he decided to convert the congregation to an Episcopal church and move the building across the Black Warrior River to its present location in 1878.[2][3] Others suggest he had sold alcohol to the Union Army and moved to flee veterans of the Confederate States Army.[2]
As of 2017, the church still has several congregants.[2]
Heritage significance
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1975.[1]
References
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External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-255, "Episcopal Church, County Road 4 (moved from original location), Forkland, Greene County, AL", 4 photos
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- National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Alabama
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- Churches completed in 1859
- 19th-century Episcopal church buildings
- Episcopal church buildings in Alabama
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Alabama
- Buildings and structures in Greene County, Alabama
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama
- 1859 establishments in Alabama