St. Anne's Episcopal Church (Calais, Maine)
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St. Anne's Episcopal Church, built in 1853, is a historic Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...

 Episcopal church located at 23 Church Street, in Calais
Calais, Maine
Calais is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States. The city has three United States border crossings or also known as a Port of entry with the busiest being on the St. Croix River bordering St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada...

, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. On July 8, 1982, St. Anne's was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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National Register listing

  • St. Anne's Episcopal Church (added 1982 - Building - #82000789)
  • Church St., Calais
  • Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
  • Architect, builder, or engineer: Renwick,James
  • Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
  • Area of Significance: Architecture
  • Period of Significance: 1850-1874
  • Owner: Private
  • Historic Function: Religion
  • Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
  • Current Function: Religion
  • Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

Current use

St. Anne's is still an active church in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine
Episcopal Diocese of Maine
The Episcopal Diocese of Maine is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and encompasses the entire State of Maine. It is part of the Province of New England - Province I of the ECUSA...

. Its current rector is the Rev. David Sivret, who just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq as a chaplain in the Maine National Guard.

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