St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Chandler, Oklahoma) Explained

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Location:812 Blaine Ave., Chandler, Oklahoma
Coordinates:35.7022°N -96.8825°W
Built:1899
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:June 9, 2000
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:00000655

The St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 812 Blaine Avenue in Chandler, Oklahoma (also known as Chandler Seventh-Day Adventist Church) is a historic church building. It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

It was deemed significant as "the best example of a small, stone Gothic Revival church building in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.

It is located in a residential neighborhood, across from the Carpenter Gothic First Presbyterian Church of Chandler, which was built in 1897 and is also National Register-listed. The Presbyterian church was one of few buildings in Chandler that survived a tornado on March 30, 1897.

Its National Register nomination in 2000 noted that "St. Stephen's remains in use today because, unlike most church buildings of its size, it has not become obsolete due to either a dwindling or burgeoning congregation, or become obsolete because it became too small for its congregation. The church was owned by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral until1946, when it was bought by the Society of Friends. In 1959, ownership changed to the Oklahoma Conference Corporation of the Seventh-Day Adventists."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=00000655}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church / Chandler Seventh-Day Adventist Church ]. National Park Service. Jocelyn Lupkin . January 11, 2000 . March 13, 2023. With