McKINNEY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Historical marker, 1998
SAINT PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ORGANIZED IN McKINNEY IN 1876, ST.
PETER'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED A
MISSION BY BISHOP
ALEXANDER GARRETT (1832-1924) OF THE
DIOCESE OF DALLAS.
BECAUSE THE CHURCH OWNED NO
PROPERTY, MEMBERS GATHERED IN
OFFICES AND PRIVATE HOMES FOR MANY YEARS
UNDER THE LEADER-
SHIP OF PRIESTS EDWARD WICKINS, J. B.
FITZPATRICK, AND G. B.
GIBBS. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS ORGANIZED
IN 1883; IN 1890 TH
MISSION WAS ELEVATED TO PARISH STATUS.
THREE YEARS LATER A
FRAME BUILDING WAS ERECTED ON THIS SITE
TO HOUSE THE CONGRE-
GATION. BUILT AT A COST OF $1,350. THE
STRUCTURE WAS DE-
SIGNED IN THE SHAPED OF A CROSS WITH AN
ENTRANCE ON LAMAR
STREET.
THE FIRST FULL-TIME PRIEST TO SERVE ST.
PETER'S WAS THE
REV. H. K. BROUSE, WHO SERVED FROM 1893
TO 1895. HE WAS
FOLLOWED BY A NUMBER OF DEDICATED
RECTORS, BOTH FULL AND
PART-TIME, WHO HAVE BEEN CREDITED WITH
HOLDING THE CHURCH
COMMUNITY TOGETHER. IN 1926, ARCHITECT
C. W. BENGLE OF DENISON
PATTERNED A NEW CHURCH BUILDING FOR ST.
PETER'S BASED ON
HIS OWN DESIGN FOR A DENISON EPISCOPAL
CHURCH. CECIL
HIGHT, A LOCAL CONTRACTOR, WAS THE
BUILDER.
IN 1959 AND 1960, THE CHURCH COMPLEX
SUFFERED THREE FIRES;
ONE DESTROYED THE SANCTUARY. A DALLAS
ARCHITECT WAS THE
DESIGNER FOR THE NEW, MODERN BUILDING,
COMPLETED IN 1961
FOR $88,000. CHURCH MEMBERS FILLED THE
SANCTUARY WITH
MEMORIAL GIFTS.
FROM ITS ORIGINAL MEMBERSHIP OF 35 IN
1899, ST. PETER'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH AHS GROWN INTO A LARGE
PARISH, OFFERING
A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS TO ITS MEMBERS AND
THE COMMUNITY.
McKinney
Churches Index
- Recommended citation:
- "St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage
by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13 13:37:28 US/Central 2004 ].
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