The South Park Community Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church building located at 600 Hathaway Street in Fairplay, Park County, Colorado. Built in 1874, the church was founded by Presbyterian missionary Sheldon Jackson. Its board and batten siding and lancet windows are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. Originally the Sheldon Jackson Memorial Chapel, the structure is now the South Park Community (Presbyterian) Church.[2][3][4]
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| Location | 6th and Hathaway Sts., Fairplay, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 39°13′29″N 105°59′57″W / 39.22472°N 105.99917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1874 |
| Architectural style | Gothic, High Victorian, Carpenter Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000382[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 22, 1977 |
On November 22, 1977, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Colorado Historical Society listings for Park County
- ^ Park County: Fairplay Area Historic Sites
- ^ Laura King Van Dusen, "Sheldon Jackson's Fairplay Church: One of More than One Hundred in Western U.S.; Jackson Arrested, Jailed in Alaska; Contributed to Settlement of the West", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 69-77.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places listings for Park County
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