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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Organized June 7, 1847

1845

The first service was held by Rev. Melancthon Hoyt in June, 1845. The parish was organized in 1847, and duly incorporated February 13th, 1849.

1847

06 30

An Episcopal Church, bearing the above name, was organized in this village some two weeks since; and services may hereafter be expected every third Sabbath, in the Methodist Church, by the Rev MELANCTHON HOYT, of the General Domestic Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. H. for the past eighteen months has labored in the interior of this territory: but now preaches, upon each alternate Sabbath, at Watertown, Whitewater and Fox Lake. The society here is as large as is generally to be found in the interior of any new country, though the number of communicants is small.

Three years since there were but three preachers of the Episcopal denominations in Wisconsin - now there are twenty-two. Watertown Chronicle

Cross references:

The Episcopal Church is sometimes called The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

In 1845 Episcopal Priest Melancthon Hoyt began holding services in Watertown. He traveled on foot from Fox Lake. In 1847 he organized a small group of English and Welsh settlers as the congregation of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

1847

The Journal of the Proceedings of the First Annual Council of the Diocese of Wisconsin records that St. Paul's Church, Watertown, had been organized on June 7 of 1847 and was thus exactly seventeen days old when this council met in St. Paul's Church, Milwaukee. Another parish had been organized on the same day, St. John's, Milwaukee, and thus these two churches came to this first Council as newly organized twin parishes. The minister of St. Paul's, Watertown, was the Rev. Melancthon Hoyt, who also had Christ Church, Fox Lake and St. Luke's, Whitewater, under his charge. The Watertown parish had only five members at the time, but attendance at services is reported as more than a hundred.

The original church structure stood on 3rd Street between Market and Jefferson Streets. The cornerstone of the present church was laid in 1859 by Bishop Kemper. The tower was added in 1890 by two parishioners during the rectorate of the Rev. Dr. Jewell.

The rectory was built in 1884 while the Rev. David Sanford was rector. Recent remodeling has made it a very comfortable and enjoyable home.

In 1886 the chapel was given by Miss Susan Cady in memory of her parents. About twenty-five years ago it was de-consecrated and was used as a parish hall and the marble altar was presented to St. Barnabas' Mission, Richland Center. In 1931 the present Parish House was erected and is in memory of Mr. George Hawkins, who was largely responsible for its erection. The chapel has since then been reoccupied for services and St. Agatha's Guild has been working toward its restoration.

One of the most courageous moves of the parish was the dropping of the system of pew rents in 1868, a bold move for those days, and the inauguration of the pledge system. At the same time the rector's salary was doubled, truly a venture of faith.

In the same year the rector, the Rev. Dr. Dafter, organized a vested boys choir, not so unusual today, but then distinctly rare, as there were only two other such in the state, one in Janesville, the other at Racine College. The choir became immensely popular and St. Paul's maintained a splendid choir down to about a generation ago. Today, like so many churches, the musical efforts are largely congregational.

For a church of its size St. Paul's has a very unusual pipe organ. It contains seventeen stops, nine of which are from the original organ. Mr. George Hawkins the donor, said: "The soul of the old organ is in the new."

Wagner, Harold Ezra, “The Episcopal Church in Wisconsin, 1847-1947. A History of the Diocese of Milwaukee,” Courier Printing (Waterloo, WI), 1947, pp 262-263.

1848

02 23 Lots 4 and 5, block 15, on Third Street, in the residence of L. R. Cady, Esq., have been selected as the site for the new Episcopal Church. The lots were donated by the Mill Company. The location is central and very pleasant. Watertown Chronicle

1849

The parish was organized in 1847, and duly incorporated February 13th, 1849. The corner stone of the church edifice on Third Street was laid by Bishop Kemper on the 21st of May, 1849. The church was consecrated by Bishop Kemper on the 7th of November, 1849.

1858

10 21 A very desirable improvement is now being made on Third Street in the way of building a sidewalk from Main Street to St. Paul's Church. Hereafter in the rainy seasons it will be possible to approach that house of worship without wading through any amount of mud and any depth of water. WD

102 23 Annual Sunday School [Christmas] Festival; the school is free to all, the German, Irish and American child, each interested in learning his duty to his Maker WD

1859

02 17 Rev. L. W. Russ, pastor, paid a Donation Visit at his residence WD

04 28 Officers elected WD

08 25 Builders should not pass by unnoticed the advertisement in this paper calling for proposals for building a new church in this city. The members of St. Paul’s Church have long found their house of worship too small to accommodate all who would like to assemble there for Divine service and are making efforts to provide a larger and better one. There is now a fair prospect that they will succeed.

[advertisement] WHO WANTS WORK. Sealed Proposals will be received for ten days by either of the undersigned for BUILDING A CHURCH in this city. Proposals must be made for building and finishing the same entirely ready for occupation. Cash will be paid every three month. Plans and specifications can be examined at the Jefferson County Bank.

—Daniel Jones, R. S. Little, A. L. Pritchard – Building Committee, Watertown, Aug. 20th, 1859 WD

New Church Cornerstone Ceremony

1859

09 22/WD The corner stone of the new church edifice, to be erected by the members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in this city, will be laid on this Thursday morning, at half past 9 o’clock. The congregation will assemble at their present edifice at 9 o’clock in the forenoon. The Bishop and Clergy present, followed by the Wardens and Vestry men, members of the congregation and others, will move in procession to the ground on Second Street, where the corner stone will be laid by Bishop Jackson Kemper with the usual services. The address will be delivered by the Rev. L. A. Kemper of the Nashotah faculty.

The stone was prepared by Davidson & Green, of this city, and is fourteen inches square. The cavity is eight inches square by four deep. The stone has this inscription: on side is a Latin Cross resting on the monogram I. H. S. On another side, “St. Paul’s Church, Sept. 22, 1859.”

The deposits in the stone are as follows;

1st. A copy of the Holy Bible.

2d. A copy of the Book of Common Prayer.

3d. A copy of the Journal of the last Convention of this Diocese.

4th. A copy of the Church Journal and of the Gospel Messenger.

5th. A copy of the Watertown Democrat, containing this article, and also copies of the two German papers, vis, The Weltburger and the Volks Zeitung.

The new church will be built of brick, from the yard of D. S. Chadwick of this city. It will be in the modern Gothic style of architecture and when finished will be one of the most chaste and beautiful structures in the state. The whole length of the building, including recess chancel, will be seventy-eight feet; length of the nave sixty feet; width of nave including buttresses, thirty-eight feet. In addition to the main entrance on Second Street, there will be a south entrance through the tower, which projects eight feet from the main wall. The roof will be finished partly open. All the windows, which will be mullioned, will be of stained glass. The choir will be in the chancel. The building will be warmed by a furnace and lighted by gas. It will provide sitting for about four hundred people.

The architect is James Douglas of Milwaukee. The builders are Samuel Vaux and William Honey of this city. The masons are John and James Ford of this city.

It is to be completed by next July and will cost, when finished, including lot, about four thousand dollars.

It may be interesting to add a brief history of the parish.

The first service was held by Rev. Melancthon Hoyt in June, 1845. The parish was organized in 1847, and duly incorporated February 13th, 1849.

The following named persons were the first elected Wardens and Vestrymen:

Wardens—William Grange and Samuel Sutton.

Vestrymen—Laurence J. Fibert, William M. Grange, Hobert Clifford, Daniel Jones, D. J. Pulling, W. H. Besley and James Norris.

The corner stone of the present church edifice on Third Street was laid by Bishop Kemper on the 21st of May, 1849. The church was consecrated by Bishop Kemper on the 7th of November, 1849.

The Rev. Mr. Hoyt continued in charge of the parish until 1854. The church numbered then about thirty communicants.

The Rev. C. C. Edmonds was called to the rectorship of the church on the 13th of August, 1854, and continued in charge one year. Under his ministry nine persons were baptized and four confirmed.

The Rev. L. W. Russ was called to the rectorship of the parish on the 23rd of March, 1856. The parish then for the first time became self-supporting.

During the rectorship of Rev. Mr. Russ he has baptized seventy two persons, adults, eighteen, infants fifty four. Thirty seven persons have been confirmed. The present number of communicants is seventy. During this time the parish has contributed for parochial objects, including the subscriptions for the new church, the amount of $7,204.74. And during the same period, but three years and a half, the parish has contributed for various benevolent objects, extra parochial, the sum total of $527.58. It is believed that few parishes in the country, of the age and size of this, can show a fairer record. To God be the Praise.

The following persons are the present officers of the church:

Rector—Rev. L. W. Russ.

Wardens—Daniel Jones and Abraham Medbury [Medberry], Jr.

Vestryman—Albert L. Pritchard, W. H. Clark, Theodore Prentiss, R. S. Little, Peter V. Brown, H. B. Gallup, and W. B. Folds.

It may be proper to add that the seats in this church will be free to all. Persons selecting seats, however, will be allowed to occupy them as long as they may attend the services of the church.

It should be stated that the new building will be paid for when completed. No debt will be incurred to hereafter embarrass the operations and cripple the energies of the church. No obligations of the past or enterprise of the present will be allowed to cast a shadow over the fair prospects of the promising future.

The church established here fourteen year ago has steadily grown with the growth of the city, within whose limits it has been planted, until it has become necessary to enlarge the dimensions of its consecrated place of worship, so that all who desire can assemble there and engage in acts of devotion. The welcome day which this happy and encouraging state of things imposed on its members has been cheerfully and gladly met and promptly discharged, and under the blessings and smile of God, when the day shall again arrive, as it must, in which it will once more be necessary to build a yet more fit and beautiful Temple of Praise to the Most High, may our successors find something in the example now set before them worthy of remembrance and imitation. May the Savior’s command, “Go and do likewise,” be mingled with soft whisperings of the spirit’s voice, calling all to works of charity, beneficence, gratitude and reverential thankfulness to Him from whom alone flows every good and perfect gift.

1860

04 26 Rev. L. W. Russ, rector of St. Paul’s Church, this city, has received and accepted a call to the Rectorship of St. John’s Church, Lafayette, Indiana. He closes his labors with his people here on Sunday next. WD

05 03 Pastor Rev. L. W. Russ departure WD

08 02 St. Paul's Church—The Rev. William Green, late Rector of Christ Church, Green Bay, has consented to become the Pastor of St. Paul's Church of this city. Mr. Green is a clergyman of such wide experience, high order of talents, and fine social qualities, as would secure him a cordial welcome anywhere. There is no reason to doubt that his services here will be as useful as they will be well directed and zealous. We hazard nothing in saying that he will satisfactorily fill the vacancy created by the departure of Rev. L. W. Russ, and fully meet the expectations that have been based on his unblemished purity of character, learning, devotion and eloquence. We wish him abundant success in his efforts in this community. WD

08 16 The Green Bay Advocate pays the following parting tribute of respect to the clergyman who is about to become Rector of St. Paul’s Church of this city: “Rev. William Green, who has for several years held the pastorate of Christ (Episcopal) Church in this place, has resigned his trust and preached his farewell sermon on Sunday. He goes to Watertown to take charge of a church there. Our Watertown neighbors are fortunate in their acquisition. Mr. Green took charge of the parish here when it was much divided by dissention and in any thing but a prosperous condition. During his administration all these difficulties have been healed and the church was never more flourishing than now. We wish him good fortune wherever he is.”

Mr. Green will enter upon his pastoral duties, in this city, next Sabbath and preach in the new Episcopal Church, on Second Street, that day. WD

08 16 St. Paul’s Church of this city, will open [its new edifice] next Sunday for the first time, under the charge of the recently elected Rector, Rev. William Green. This church, now completed, has been built during one of the severest financial reverses ever known in the west, and unlike most western projects, has been carried through without embarrassment and is now free from indebtedness of any kind.

It is both an ornament to the city and a credit to the taste and enterprise of the congregation. It is built of our beautiful cream colored brick, in modern Gothic style of architecture and is capable of commodiously seating some four hundred persons. The windows are of stained glass, finely conceived and skillfully executed, tingling with a soft and mellow radiance the brilliancy of the light within.

The pews are without doors and FREE to all who desire to occupy them. To those who wish to attend regularly and permanently, a portion of the seats will be rented, as will be observed by a notice in this paper. Another feature, which we like, is the setting apart of a pew for each of our principal hotels, where strangers preferring to attend Divine service will always find themselves cordially welcome. This is as it should be, though new in the West.

There is something beautiful and satisfactory in the reflection, that go where you will, among all nations, kindred and tongues, in any part of the habitable globe where the Protestant Episcopal Church is known, and you hear the same liturgy, the same lessons, and the same prayers which have been used over eighteen hundred years. That Church knows no North, no South, no East, nor no West, but is everywhere alike. We admire these features of it; and to those educated in and professing this faith, it has peculiar attractions. The church is pleasantly and conveniently located and so accessible that none need stay away. And for those who have no belief or object beyond temporary gratification there is no place more suitable or handy than this church.

The new Rector comes among us with the highest recommendations and under the most flattering prospects.

The church is to be consecrated in a few weeks, when we are desired to say the public are ALL invited to attend. Due notice will be given of the time. WD

08 16 Pews in St. Paul’s Church can now be selected and persons and families desiring seats can secure them by calling on the undersigned, who is fully authorized to allot and rent the same. No other rule will be adopted, than “first come first served.” Geo. L. Field, Secretary WD

1875

11 24 Thanksgiving service

1904

12 16 The bazaar by the ladies of St. Paul's Episcopal Church which opened at the rectory last Tuesday and closes this (Thursday) evening is being well patronized, as it deserves to be. The rooms are nicely arranged and decorated in the rectory for the occasion - one being assigned for the fine luncheon that is served afternoons and evenings, one to the grocery and notions department, and one to fancy work and the candy stand. The ladies have on sale a fine line of articles suitable for Christmas presents, as well as articles that are useful in everyday housekeeping. They have still a number left and the public is cordially invited to call and see them. The bazaar (this Wednesday) evening promises to be especially interesting.

1908

10 23 The Harvest Home Supper held at Masonic Hall WG

1909

02 19 The choir of St. Paul’s rehearse Stainer's sacred cantata, "The Daughter of Jairus" WG

1909

09 24 Memorial Service at St. Paul’s – 50th Anniversary WG

A beautiful and impressive service was held on Sunday, September 19, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, it being the fiftieth anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone. The Rt. Rev. W. W. Webb, D. D., bishop of the diocese, was present, and delivered the memorial sermon at the morning service; Canon H. B. St. George of Nashotah House gave a historical sermon in the evening.

The church was recently beautified by a number of memorial windows, which add greatly to the appearance of the edifice. On Sunday there was a profusion of flowers in every available spot until the interior was a veritable bower [a shaded, leafy recess]. The customary choir was augmented by the presence of Mr. and Mrs. William Sproesser, Mr. and Mrs. Max Rohr, Mr. Edward L. Schempf, Mr. C. D. Wiggenhorn, Miss Elsa Wiggenhorn and Miss Minna Sproesser, and some excellent music rendered.

There were present at the morning service quite a number of former members of the parish who returned to be present at this service, among them were Mr. and Mrs. George Fields and daughter, Mrs. Barnes of Ripon, Mrs. A. J. Earling, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fitch, Mr. J. J. Moulding of Chicago, Mrs. H. S. Howell, Miss Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Milwaukee, Miss Grace P. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baum and daughter of Oconomowoc.

Fifty years in anticipation seems a long, long waiting—in retrospect it is not so endless. There are a few who have seen the parish grow from a very small beginning to its present size, not large now, but greater, more prosperous than when the people worshiped in the modest little brown wooden church on Third Street. When the present structure was completed and ready for occupancy it seemed palatial by contrast.

The cornerstone was laid on September 22, 1859, and it was a year later when the church was completed. It seemed very fitting that Mr. and Mrs. Field should be present at this recent memorial service, as it was an anniversary for them as well, their wedding being the first service held in the church.

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St. Paul’s Church Golden Jubilee

Watertown Gazette, 09 24 1909

On Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1909, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of this city was 50 years old and in honor of the event the golden jubilee religious services were held at the church last Sunday, large congregations being present at all the services. Rt. Rev. W. W. Webb, D. D., bishop of the Milwaukee diocese, was present and delivered an eloquent memorial sermon at the 10:30 a.m. service. Rev. H. B. St. George, professor at the Nashotah seminary, delivered the historical address at the evening service at 7:30 o’clock.

CHURCH HISTORY

The first Episcopal church in Watertown was built in 1847. Prior to that time the Rev. Melancthon Hoyt of Fox Lake used to visit Watertown in the capacity of a missionary, walking the entire distance, almost thirty miles, but in 1847 an organization was effected with Lawrence J. Fribert and William M. Grange as wardens and Daniel Jones, James A. Norris, Robert Clifford, David J. Pulling and H. Besley as vestrymen.

The first services were held by Mr. Hoyt in schoolhouses and later in a building that was formerly a bowling alley and on the present site of John W. Cole’s block in Second Street. The first church was built in 1847 in Third Street at a cost of $600, most of the material and labor being contributed. The present church edifice was built in 1859 at the corner of Second and Spring streets at a cost of about $6000, but many improvements have been made since that period. The cornerstone was laid on September 22, 1859, and the golden jubilee was celebrated Sunday, the Sunday before the anniversary.

The rectors since the establishment of the church are:

Rev. Melancthon Hoyt, 1845 to 1854

Rev. Charles Edward, 1854 to 1855

Rev. Lorin W. Russ, 1856 to 1860

Rev. William Green, 1860 to 1865

Rev. William Dafter, 1865 to 1870

Rev. F. W. Boyd, 1871 to 1879

Rev. Harry Thompson, 1879 to 1881

Rev. Horatio Gates, 1881 to 1883

Rev. David A. Sanford, 1883 to 1885

Rev. J. B. Finn, 1886 to 1889

Rev. Frederick S. Jewell, 1889 to 1894

Rev. Myron A. Johnson, 1894 to 1896

Rev. H. S. Foster, 1896 to 1899

Rev. Thomas C. Eglin, 1899 to 1904

Rev. John Barrett, 1905 to 1907

Rev. R. M. Laurenson, 1908 –

The present wardens are Messrs. H. T. Eberle, Dr. F. C. Moulding

Vestrymen: Messrs. John Robinson, Robert Dent, Gustav Buchheit, George J. Nichols, Edward L. Schempf, Richard E. Krueger, Herman H. Beers, Constance D. Wiggenhorn.

Organist, Mrs. Elizabeth Green.

THE PROGRAM

The program was a most excellent one and included musical selections by the church choirs, Mrs. Elizabeth Green being the organ accompanist. Following is the program at these services:

Holy Communion, 7:30 a.m.

MEMORIAL SERVICE, 10:30 a.m.

Evening Prayer

Processional Hymn “Onward Christian Soldiers”

Kyrie Eleison Gounod

Gloria Tibi Gounod

Gratias Tibi Gounod

Hymn “For All Thy Saints”

Sermon Bishop Webb

Anthem “O Praise the Lord of Heaven”

Offertory Doxology

Sursum Corda Gounod

Sanctus Gounod

Benedictus Gounod

Angus Dei Gounod

Gloria in Excelsis Gounod

Nunc Dimittis

Hymn “Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow”

HISTORICAL SERVICE, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Communion

Processional Hymn “We Love Thy Place, O God”

Magnificat J. C. Marks

Nunc Dimittis J. C. Marks

Hymn “Christ is Made a Sure Foundation”

Sermon The Rev. H. B. St. George

Anthem “The Lord Reigneth,” Frey

Offertory Doxology

Hymn “Crown Him With Many Crowns”

Among those from out of town at the services were . . .

1910

05 06 Mary E. Boyd, wife of the late former rector Rev. W. F. Boyd, passed away WG

06 10 Woman's Guild lawn party at Chadwick home WG

1956

11 27 A service of dedication and blessing was held Sunday afternoon at the Cady Memorial Chapel of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. For several years, the work of restoration of the chapel has been underway. However, the project gained impetus this past year when the chapel's original marble altar was returned and installed. Since that time a new communion rail has been installed and the chapel has been carpeted. The installation of the pews makes the chapel a self-contained unit for worship accommodating 56 people. It is used for daily services and the early mass on Sunday as well as for church school.

1957

12 26 A 400-year-old chalice, the work of Benvenuto Cellini, was used at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at the midnight Christmas mass and at the Christmas Day mass at 9 a.m. The chalice was given in legacy to the rector of the church, the Rev. Fr. William E. Krueger, by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin F. P. Ivins, one-time bishop of Milwaukee. The chalice is of hand wrought silver which forms the base, hammered silver leaf on the outside of the cup with hammered gold leaf forming the interior of the cup. When not in use at the church here it is kept in the vault at the Episcopal Cathedral of All Saints in Milwaukee.

1959

01 09 Groundbreaking for an addition; a church school classroom area of nine class rooms, a boiler room and storage area WDT

12 159 Annual “every-member canvass” WDT

2005, 07 24

Fire Extensively Damages St. Paul’s Episcopal

Firefighters use ladder trucks to spray the roof and attic areas of St. Paul's Episcopal Church with thousands of gallons of water in an effort to knock down flames and halt progress of the blaze early Sunday morning (WHS_005_228)

Lightning struck St. Paul's Episcopal Church during a severe late afternoon thunderstorm on Saturday, July 23. Fire erupted in the early hours of the next day, Sunday morning. The beautiful church, located at the intersection of Second and Spring streets, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The fire started when the roof was struck by a lightning bolt, smoldering until 10:30 in the evening, when it spread from the roof to the steeple. Neighbors feared that some structure in the area had been hit because of the severity of the lighting strike but police were not able to find any such evidence upon investigating the concerns called in to the department.

2006

Watertown Daily Times, 07 11 06

Mark T. Moore has been appointed as full-time deacon in charge at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Watertown.

Moore is returning to Wisconsin after formal pastoral training at Seabury Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill., where he received a master of divinity degree in 2005, and is completing a master of theological studies with a focus on preaching. He was ordained deacon in June and will be ordained priest in December at St. Paul's.

Moore served as chaplain of Rush North Shore Medical Center and has been deeply involved in social justice and outreach projects such as Hilda's Place, a food pantry, dining hall and temporary residence for homeless people and St. Leonard’s House, a halfway house.

Moore's strong, focus on outreach and community, based on a lifelong call to service and ministry, make him particularly well suited to guide and coach the St. Paul's family in developing programs to cater to the needy in the Watertown and surrounding communities.

Moore's appointment is the celebrated culmination of a year of commitment and focused work to restore the St. Paul's Episcopal Church buildings, and rejuvenate its membership, in the aftermath of the lightning-induced fire that destroyed a major portion of the church building on July 23, 2005.

Joining Moore in the move to Watertown is Mary, his wife of 31 years, and the couple will make their new home in the St. Paul's rectory on South Second Street.

2006

Watertown Daily Times, 07 24 06

Fire sparks new spirit WDTimes article

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2006, 01 17

Watertown Daily Times

Fire Gives Church 'New Beginning'

Officials of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Watertown say a fire that damaged their facility in July 2005 allowed the parish to start over with a clean slate and go forward with plans for the future. A rededication ceremony will be held at the church on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Usually when a fire damages a structure, those who use that facility run into a lot of trouble when it comes to the future. But officials at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Watertown say the blaze that swarmed their facility this past summer has been a blessing in disguise [ WHS_005_236 ]

Cross references:

No 1: Daniel Jones was a church organizer

No 2: “ . I am on a pedestrian tour of two hundred and sixty miles (going and returning). I left Nashotah on the business of the Mission on Thursday morning of last week. On that day I walked (November 21, 1849) forty-one miles to the north-west of our Mission, passing through Watertown on Rock river, which is one of our most populous inland towns. On the 7th the Bishop consecrated the church that has just been erected in this place. The Rev. M. Hoyt is the Rector and Missionary. He depends for his support chiefly upon the weekly offerings. There are about forty communicants. Watertown is twenty-one miles west of Nashotah . .” [ “The Life of the Reverend James Lloyd Breck, D.D.”, Chiefly from Letters Written by Himself, Compiled by Charles Breck, D.D., New York: E. & J. B. Young, 1883]

No 3: DVD available of 1991 amateur VHS recording of history and tour by Rev. M Fred Himmerich, rector, of St. Paul’s Church and tower (45 min)

Compiled by Ken Riedl