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Demolition of St Mark’s Church In Waterloo Then and Now
The old St Mark’s Episcopal church, begun in 1860s and abandoned after 1906 fire, is being cleared for a new dwelling project by purchaser Porter Caesar. First service held in 1856. parish formed as St Thomas’s, renamed St Mark’s in 1863. The article recalls founders, early ministers, and the church’s evolution before wreckers begin demolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's
Episcopal Church
Porter Caesar
Waterloo
H. W. Lee
Diocese of
Town
Capewell's Hall
Waterloo West
Great School House
Waterloo East
Camwell
St. Thomas's
Charles Fiske
James 5. George
J. C. Hubbard
J. H. Wilkins
William Haddock
Edmund Miller
Haddock
George
Chicago
Progress of the Church
Benjamin R. Gifford
Society
Days
Capwell’s Hall
Russell's Hall
Commercial Street
St. Thomas
SD. Day
R. Russell
A. T. Lusch