St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Shreveport, Louisiana)

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Location 875 Cotton St.
Shreveport, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°30′24″N 93°45′4″W / 32.50667°N 93.75111°W / 32.50667; -93.75111Coordinates: 32°30′24″N 93°45′4″W / 32.50667°N 93.75111°W / 32.50667; -93.75111
Area less than one acre
Built 1905
Architect Bulger,C.W.
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 91000700[1]
Added to NRHP June 11, 1991

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, now known as the Church of the Holy Cross, is a historic church at 875 Cotton Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The first services of the Episcopal church in Shreveport were celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, the Bishop of Louisiana in March 1839. That liturgy is considered the founding day of St. Mark's Church.[2] Prior to this church building, the church was located on Fannin Street. St. Mark's moved into a new church building at Fairfield Avenue and Rutherford Street in 1954. That church became the cathedral of the Diocese of Western Louisiana on July 7, 1990.[3] The Church of the Holy Cross, the former St. Mark's, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Brock, Eric J. Shreveport in Vintage Postcards. Google Books. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Western Louisiana, Diocese of". Episcopal Church. Retrieved 2014-01-19.


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