South Park Community Church Explained

South Park Community Church
Location:6th and Hathaway Sts., Fairplay, Colorado
Coordinates:39.2247°N -105.9992°W
Built:1874
Architecture:Gothic, High Victorian, Carpenter Gothic
Added:November 22, 1977
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:77000382

The South Park Community Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church building located at 600 Hathaway Street in Fairplay, Park County, Colorado. Built in 1874, the church was founded by Presbyterian missionary Sheldon Jackson. Its board and batten siding and lancet windows are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. Originally the Sheldon Jackson Memorial Chapel, the structure is now the South Park Community (Presbyterian) Church.[1] [2] [3] On November 22, 1977, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/register/1503/cty/pa.htm Colorado Historical Society listings for Park County
  2. http://www.parkco.us/index.aspx?NID=389 Park County: Fairplay Area Historic Sites
  3. Laura King Van Dusen, "Sheldon Jackson's Fairplay Church: One of More than One Hundred in Western U.S.; Jackson Arrested, Jailed in Alaska; Contributed to Settlement of the West", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013),, pp. 69-77.
  4. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CO/Park/state.html National Register of Historic Places listings for Park County