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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church and the oldest surviving religious structure in the village of Put-in-Bay, Ohio. It is located at Catawba Ave and Lakeview Dr. on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. The parish is part of the Episcopal Church The parish will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the congregation's formation in 2014 and the 150th anniversary of the completion of the church building in 2015. Due to the unique history of the parish St. Paul's will also observe the 100th anniversary of their return to the Episcopal Church in 2012-2014. ==1865 Episcopal Congregation Established== St. Paul's Episcopal Church was established in the fall 1864 by The Rev. Miles Kendrick and the local residents. They started out meeting in the local school while they raised building funds during the winter months. In May 1865, at the close of the Civil War, philanthropist Jay Cooke purchased the property where the church sits and contributed to the building fund. The Carpenter Gothic church was completed five months later in October 1865. The church and the original rectory appear to be based on a design in the book ''Rural Architecture'' by architect Richard Upjohn. In October, the first service was attended by the new congregation and several guests including Salmon P. Chase, Jay Cooke, and the Rev Parvin, who was the first rector of St. Paul's, Elkins Park PA,〔http://www.stpaulselkinspark.org/History/History.html〕 where Jay Cooke was a vestry member.〔The York Road by Rev. S. F. Hotchkin pg 132 ISBN 1177279746〕 After serving the parish for three years Rev Kendrick moved to larger churches and became the Bishop of the Episcopal Missionary Diocese of Arizona and New Mexico in 1889.〔http://www.ihsf.org/Genealogy/DioBishops.htm〕 St. Paul's Episcopal Church is one of the oldest churches in continuous use in Ohio. Many of the churches Jay Cooke helped build were named for Saint Paul which was also the name of the church he attended in Philadelphia. The rectory, known as "The Hartman House" is next door at 619 Catawba Ave. The "Hartman House," was built in 1959-1963 to replace the original 1865 rectory. The Hartman house is named for Marylib Vrooman Hartman whose estate made a large contribution to build the house in the 1950s which was matched by the parishioners. Phillip Vrooman, her father, was one of the original merchants on Put-in-Bay. As the only church on the island, the parish served the entire community until the 1870 when a Catholic mission called Mother of Sorrows was established. It was completed in 1883.〔http://home.catholicweb.com/MotherofSorrowsPutinBay/index.cfm〕 Today there are two still churches on the island. A third Lutheran mission meets at Mother of Sorrows. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Paul Church South Bass Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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