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

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
91000700

Opened
  
1905

Function
  
Church

Built
  
1905

Address
  
Shreveport, LA 71104, USA

Phone
  
+1 318-221-3360

Added to NRHP
  
11 June 1991

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

Location
  
875 Cotton St. Shreveport, Louisiana

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
St Mark's Cathedral, Independence Stadium, R W Norton Art Gallery, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Louisiana State University

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. 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. The Church of the Holy Cross, the former St. Mark's, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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