St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Wrangell, Alaska)

St. Philip's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
The church in the late 19th or early 20th century
Location	446 Church Street, Wrangell, Alaska
Coordinates	56°28′11″N 132°22′43″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903
Architect	Oscar Carlson, H.D. Campbell
NRHP reference No.	87000654
AHRS No.	PET-315
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1987

St. Philip's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 446 Church Street in Wrangell, Alaska, United States. Its frame vernacular-style church was built as the People's Church in 1903 by a Presbyterian congregation of Alaskan Natives under the direction of its minister, the Rev. Harry Prosper Corser. In 1905 the Rev. Mr. Corser and many of his congregation were received into the Episcopal Church by the Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. Corser was later ordained an Episcopal priest and served the church which was consecrated at St. Phillip's until he retired in 1934. On May 6, 1987, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Saint Philip's Episcopal Church.

St. Philip's is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. The Rev. Paula Sampson and the Rev. Ian MacKenzie are its co-rectors.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wrangell, Alaska

External links

• St. Philip's Episcopal Church website
• Another website covering St. Philip's Episcopal Church