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St. Augustine's Episcopal Church
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church
	Seen from the southwest
Religion
Affiliation	Episcopal Church in the United States of America
District	Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana
Province	V
Year consecrated	1959
Location
Location	Gary, Indiana; United States
Geographic coordinates	41°35′03″N 87°22′06″W / 41.584246°N 87.368386°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Edward D. Dart
Style	Modern
Completed	1959
Specifications
Capacity	340
Materials	Wood
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Added to NRHP	September 18, 2013
NRHP Reference no.	13000758

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St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Indiana, is a historic congregation and building in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana.

History

The historically Black parish was chartered in 1927 by thirty congregants as a Colored Episcopal Mission. St. Augustine's original home was at 19th and Adams in Gary's Midtown section.

From 1938 to 1946, Episcopal Bishop Campbell Gray assigned Benedictine monks of St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers to the struggling mission. In 1951 Father Wallace L. Wells, spouse of Henrietta Bell Wells and newly-ordained, assumed leadership at St. Augustine's. Under his rectorship, a building program was initiated, resulting in the award-winning current home. Advancement to parish status occurred in 1961. St. Augustine's is located at 19th Avenue and Ellsworth in the Tolleston section of Gary, Indiana.

Architecture

Designed by renowned Mid-Century Modern architect Edward D. Dart in 1958, the architecturally significant church has garnered two architectural awards. The first of Dart's commissioned designs to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places; it listed on 9/18/13.

Pastors/Rectors

Wallace Lewis Wells (1961-1963)
Robert Earl Hood (1963-1967)
William James Walker (1967-1968)
Joseph W. Riggs (1970-1975)
James Donald Manning (1978-1982)
H. Fitz-Roy Henderson Thompson (1983-1989)
David Lee Hyndman (1991-To Date)

Sources

Dart, Susan (1993). Edward Dart Architect. ISBN 1-879260-09-3.
“ Like Praying Hands.” Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine 27 Dec. 1959: 16. Print.
“St. Augustine’s Episcopal Presents Unusual Form.” The Post Tribune 14 May 1960: 7.Print.
Wells, Wallace L. “Prayerful and Militant.” The Living Church 140.3 (1960): 12.Print.
Dart, Edward, Collection, 1841-1993 (bulk 1940-1993)

References

^ "St. Augustine's Episcopal Church". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2013-09-25.

External links

[nris-1] "St. Augustine's Episcopal Church". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2013-09-25.

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 ==History==
-The historically Black parish was chartered in 1927 by thirty congregants as a Colored Episcopal Mission. St. Augustine's original home was at 19TH  and Adams in Gary's [[Midtown (Gary)|Midtown]] section.
+The historically Black parish was chartered in 1927 by thirty congregants as a [[Colored Episcopal Mission]]. St. Augustine's original home was at 19th and Adams in Gary's [[Midtown (Gary)|Midtown]] section.
-Benedictine monks of [[St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers]] were assigned to the struggling mission by Bishop [[Campbell Gray]] from 1938-1946. It was in 1951 that Father Wallace L. Wells, spouse of [[Henrietta Bell Wells]] and newly ordained, took over the leadership at St. Augustine's. Under his rectorship, a building program was initiated resulting in the award winning current home. Advancement to parish status occurred in 1961. St. Augustine's is located at 19th Avenue and Ellsworth in the [[Tolleston]] section of Gary, Indiana.
+From 1938 to 1946, Episcopal Bishop [[Campbell Gray]] assigned Benedictine monks of [[St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers]]  to the struggling mission. In 1951 Father Wallace L. Wells, spouse of [[Henrietta Bell Wells]] and newly-ordained, assumed leadership at St. Augustine's. Under his rectorship, a building program was initiated, resulting in the award-winning current home. Advancement to parish status occurred in 1961. St. Augustine's is located at 19th Avenue and Ellsworth in the [[Tolleston]] section of Gary, Indiana.
 ==Architecture==