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1('1,1 .. u O Moved !XI Original Site ----OESCRlBE. THE PRESENT ANO ORIGINAL (ifknoivn) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
St. John's Episcopal Church, neRr Prairieville and 2:olia, ;-:issouri, is a brick rectan6ular structure in the style of a small Greek .'<evival temple, with Gothic Revival detailing, a forr., related to contemporary churches of "Tidewater Virginia." Built in 1856, it has a one story, one room plan and is an excellent cxanple of the ............ u · .~ ..
the Greek and Gothic ilcv5.val styles in rural church architecture.
EXT£RIOR
The exterior brick walls, laid in running bond with infrequent header courses, rest on a foundation of limestone blocks set in lime mortar. The bricks were hand-made.
The openings consist of, on the south (front) elevation, a large central doorway fla.nked by two windows on either side, three windows each on the east and west sidewalls, and a central window and small entrance door to the cast on the north (rear) facade. The south central doorway is double leafed, each leaf measuring 2 1 x 11'6". The head of the doorway consists of a pointed arch light with the mullions gently arching left and right. A brick soldier course outlines this arch. All windows are identical. '.l'hey contccin 12 over 12 light double:-hung sash, topped by a pointed arch light area which is divided by the gentle arcs of the continued vertical muntins. The 101,er sash lights are glazed clear while the upper sash and the pointed arch areas have frosted, untinted glazing. The windows have cut limestone sills and brick soldier courses around the pointed arches. The window on the north (rear) facade is boarded over and the door to the east is singleleafed, paneled and topped by a three light transom. The doorway is outlined by a single soldier course jack arch.
The church building has a simple wooden entablature. There is a full return on the south (front) gable end and a partial return on the north Crear) gable w2.ll. 'l'he cornice is made up entirely of flat members joined in sisch a way as to give the effect of a <'.lore corlplex molciing. The south (front) gable end has moldings similar to those of the cornice, following the pitched edc;,~ of the roof, forming 2.
heavily delineated pediment. The lack of total resolution of the design may be noted in the detailing of this entablature which passes over the upper apexes of the brick soldier courses outlinin,:; the pointed arch window and door heads.
The simple ridge roof has a painted sheet iron coverin~ with standing sean,a. Two brick chimney stacks protrude from the roc-f on the southern third of the east a,id west (side) elevatio,is. These stacks are con-
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[] Pre-Columbian I
0 15th Century
[] 16tii Century
0 17th Ccnfu•y
[.J 18th Century
~ 19th Century
[] 20th Century
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(Check One or Niore as Approprfote) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Abar iginol 0 0 Pr,..historic 0 D Historic 0
D Agriculture D [xi Architecture D [ig A,t
[] Commerce D [] Communications D D Conservation 0
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Education 0 Engineering IZJ Industry
Invention 0 Londscope CJ
Ard,i lecture D literature
Military D Music 0
Political
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St, John's Episcopal Church building has primary significance as a pristine examr,le of the transitional design in architecture i-,hich combines elements of both the Greek and Got"1ic rcvi vals in a building that closely follows the for,n of contemporary churches in the 'I'idewater area of Virginia. Several of the original corr.municants including the main contributor to the construction of the building, Joh,:i W. Davis, were from Vfrginia. ·I'his building therefore demonstrates a way in which design ideas were carried westward 1;ith the sectlers.
The basic mass of the church building established its relatedness to the Greek temple form, The building is composed of a rectangular block under a ridge roof with the ridge oriented along the long axis of the block, and with utilitarian and orn~me11tal elements arranged s;y0 nmetrically on each facade. The primary facade is at one of the gable ends, and if it were to follow the classic vocabulary more fully, it should also have a pedimented portico, This building lacks the portico, but has the gable of the primary (south) facade accent,iated by being bordered 1-1ith an ontablaturc and cioldings along the eave lines.
The elements of its design borro1-1ed from the Gothic vocabulary are evirient primarily in the height and width of the windows and main fr:mt door in relation to the width of the intervening sections of wall. ·rhe pointed arch heads on all but one opening and the intersecting arc muntins of the pointed arch lights further relate the design to Gothic predecessors.
That the coming together of these two design sources is not totally resolved in this building is evidenced in the detailing of the e1tc,blature which passes over the upper 8.pexes of the bric:< soldier ccu.rscs outlining the pointed arch windm-1 2nd door heads.
The St, John's :i,;pi::scopal Church was erected ca. 1856. On July 12, 1857, ilishop Hawks dedicated the church. (Lottie Wri6ht Davis, _l!_istory of S1'.!_ John'~ .L:pisc.2.P_i:l Qhurcl];, 1966, p. 22.)
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9. MAJOR Bl~sLIOGRAPHICAL REF_c_R_E ___ N __ c_E_S ______________ 0 ___________________ --<
1. Davis, Lottie Wright. Rcco!"ds of Lewis ,__J:eriwether and Kind.red Families. Colur1bia: Aircraft 1-'ress, 1951.
2. ~-- Histoi:Y~f St. John's Episcopal Church. Prairieville, Missouri, [1956.]
3. 2'he History of 1-'ike County 1 Missouri. DesVioines, Iowa: Mills and Company, ·1&33.
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NAME AND TITLE:
_ _ M. Patricia Holmes_,__r1cscarch i,,rchttectural Histori!!n,..._ ________ _ oRGANIZATioN Hissouri State Park Board ~•JTaEn. 21, 1970 ~-----·_State Historical Survey_ and Planni!'_gyffice -----------1 STREET AND NUMBER:
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Jefferson City____ __ Missouri 651_0_1 ________ ___,__=2-'-4---1 [!_2.~H LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICAIION ____ __ NATIONAL REGIS_"'.:ER VERIFICATION
As the dcsie;twted Stnte Liaison Officer for the Na
tional llistoric Preservation Act of 1966 {Puhlic l,aw
89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion
in the National Re,;;,ister and certify tho.tit has been
evalu~1tt;.>d ;:,ccordinr; to the criteria and procedures set
forth by t1it:· ~'<ational Park SerYi.C(>. The rccommcnctcd
level of ~ilc'.,nificance of this nonun3tion is:
National ~] Local
Nawc --- ------- -----·-=--·-----Joseph Jae6er, Jr.
Title _D...i:rector ,__Hissouri State Pork Board, a!ld Missouri State Liaison
Officer D'--'l•:
I hereby certify that this property is inclt:ded in the
National Register.
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Form 10.3000 (July 1969)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
STATE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM
Missouri
Pike FOR NPS USE ONLY
(Continuation Sheet) ENTRY NUMBER I DATE
(Numbr,r all entries)
6. ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Missouri State Historical Survey
1969
Missouri State Park Board
P.O. Box 176
1204 Jefferson Building
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
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(state)
Code: 24
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Form 10-300a (Dec. 1968)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
STATE
Mi.ssouri NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY · NOMINATION FORM
(Continuation Sheet)
COUNTY
Pil:·.e FOR NPS USE ONLY
ENTRY NUMBER I DA.TE
I (Number all entrle&)
7.
SL JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
INTERIOR
The interior of the church consists of one larte room oriented north and south, with two small vestry roorns at the north end,. flanking the altar east and west. All of the doors and windows have si~ple raised moldi~fS, The flooring is of natural finished pine boards and the walls and ceilings are plastered and painted, The flat ceiling is 18 feet high,
There arc one central row of double rews, and two sinple rows of rews apain~t the east and west sicle~alls, respectivel.y. The pews are painted white and trirn:ned with natural finished walnut. They appear to be orip,inal. The rows of side pe~·1 S are rliscontintwus near the soutbern third of the rool" to provide space for the orir:inal caFt iron etoves, which are identified in the casting as 1~inncsota No, 6 Pat, 1855, C, F. Filley, St. Louis."
Arrange~ent an~ fur11ishings of the altar a~ea also aprear to be original. The altar on the north wall is approached hy two wooden sters that extend the width of the rooro, east and west between the vestri~s. Two lecturns stanrJ in front (just to the south) of tbe altar rail, one to either side of the altar ar_ea. The cornmun:ion table is ornamented by a contim.101Js pointed arch rriotif, which }.q
consistent with th~ cle~irn of the pni~ted arch windows and ~oor of the btii~~inp. The baptisrnnl fount is dir~ctly in front of the south ~all of t?,e we~t vestr~:.
B0th east ancl west vestries have ~oorways opening onto the altar area.
The original hardware is still in r•lace. The building has no wirine or electricity.
Structural conclition and reneral rnaintenance are excellent.
This stwn.::ir;' de~cription of the rhvsical appearance of the building is ba~erl, in rart, on rlRta ini:Jucle(I in the field report by architectural con~t1ltant, WilliaR E. J.ane. A.I~A 0 , received June 1969. The YC!'ort was contracted b:' the 1:i.s.cm1ri State Park Bonrd and :U-~ filed at its central office, r.Oo Box 176, 1204 Jefferson Building, Jefferson City, t!issouri 6510].
Form 10-3000 (Dec. 1968)
UNlTtD STATES DEPARTlil[NT OF THE INTE~IOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
ST A TE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY. HOMINATION FORM
(Continuation Sheet)
-COUNTY
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(Numb~·r ()1/ entries)
FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRYNUMe~-;;·-.-T-E--i
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l'hf~ lano f::>r i:,hu ch1;.rch sit.::: v~3S [J.Jui,hG fro:a D;r,iel :-. All'.3!1 i'Jr .;15J.50 cJnu pJiu l'?r '..Jy JJhn ·,·,. !JC.vis, whe> h,3S ori._;ir:.c-lly frJ;:. IL:.n-ov•~r County, iir;._;ini~. ,~be:1. lJovis burrwo c.ho Lirick Ga build his fuL~se, hu ~ls:> burned )C.U, OUO LricKs .'.:."or i_. r-.~ chu1·ch c.nG rq, u.t.(;cilJ ciJnetf.Jo an .'.:ldciiGia11;,l ,J.l,Cuo t,J\v..::rc.. e,be cJst, of c:,11structi0i1. i._L:.>t.tie VJri,;ht iJi":vis, Hise.or; of St.. John's il)iscJt:..cl Church, 190D, p. 19; anri Lot.tit: ~ • .-riJh t .LJc, vis, Lec:>rcs ol Lc;t-:is, l.:.Gri.we t:.h.:;r onrJ r\iriorcd Familias, 1)51, p~. ~j-100,)
The cone.re-ct. hJS let. GO Lsvi hug6l"_.5 .:,f 1:misiano, 1'1issJU1'i, . .-i.u.::;ust 1, 10)). Ttliti uJCUllJ!'.;nt incJ.u.cod full Ot.);:.;ci.ficDtJ.ons for e,r,e church builciins, .Sf.1.ci 0 c.ive instruc0ions t.l-L<:.C. che sec.ic.t.:, v;indJTtiJs, uoors c.ind Lase sliJulo us finishec in :.t1G ~DliiO 1:ianricr c:.s t.tuse oi" 1..,he 11 uld School" l-'r~sliyteri;n Ghurch in LJuiSL:iu<J, hit:SJ'..;.ri. rr1e G9t81 cost J[ ,~r:e 1.:iuildi_n;_:; v;ccis ,,.:2,duo, f;cJ.fc:i'uJ.e i.:-; t:.hree insllc:llr;,ent.s. (Davis, 2..96(), pp. 20-2?.)
fi1e Jriginol ner.1burs firs:. 1·.1 Jrs:·;it-1oci 0uvsiCc dround a lar·g0 t,;o.Joen cross, D'Jt,; prz;s~rv~;u insicit/ l.ho ~TCS-::!nt :Juilci.l.ng. ;. S.iiJc:llc..:r crJss v;.;s us-Jd •;,vLen st;rvi~0s t-;-2ro 1:-: t.er holci in a lo; sdtJol hJusc, ~he t-a:;ic;.s Jf the Il•:Jr.·:Lcrs ar.c t,he lJcal i,:cthJdist -:;[;.Grch. (Svc=~ c.e Eisc.JriciJl 3J..:;~t:t.J J[ l·.ist:Juri, f~is,.,Jric SitcE File: t'ike C-)L,nty.J
i'iie church ~JD:J cl')seC durin_; thG Civ.i..} ;iar bl.it \·J.SS re)p:Jn'.::d in lJua. (SvaGc liis1-.n·ic~l ::i.Y~iet.y "Jf hissJuri, lii.sc.Jric Sites File: .L'ike J·Junty.) fl1f-J lm:i.ldin.:; v~as r•;t5C..Jrcu in l.)L~O c.:nc rc; .. c.ins in 'Jccr:si.Jr:,ol use. (LJuisi•na 1·r.ss-Journul, 0ctobar 17, 1?41, p. 1, col, 2.)
Form 10-3000 (Dec. 19GB}
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC f-LACES
INVENTORY · NOMINATION FORM
(Continuution Sheet)
--------------STATE
COUNTY
fih.e 1-------FOR NPS USE ONLY
ENTRY NUMEJER l OATEc
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4, L;,ne, ',hllima ;J,, J •• I.A, Arcnitectur,;l Consulta1t tield hel~or·u, recei vcci June l)}o9, C·Jnt.racted b;y the hissouri t>tat.e rark D:>ciru e1nd fil~Jd at its central ·Ji'l'ice, l'.·,.1· Jax 176, 1204 Jcff~rsJn Juilclin6 , J&ff,crscn CiG:,', J,;issJuri 65101,
5, The L:iuisiu.a fre,ss-J)ur:1,,1, (hiss)c!'i), uctob~r 17, 1951.
6. State Iiisi:.:n·ical S.Jcietj,' of hiss:iuri, C:::>lumbia, l·,issJuri, Hist~ric Sites .rile. htf. l·ike C::iunty.
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