Christ Episcopal Church (1869)
Founded in 1840, the Christ Church congregation held its first service in this building in 1869. Both the interior and the exterior of the church are excellently crafted with hand carved woodwork and stained glass windows by Tiffany and Lamb. The church’s Reverend Dr. John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who served as rector from 1876 to 1887, penned the words and music of the famous Christmas carol, “We Three Kings of Orient Are.” The stumpy – but interesting – church steeple may not be a peaked European-style Gothic steeple, but the polychromatic exterior and interior details mark this magnificent edifoce as a fine example of Victorian Gothic architecture.
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