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St. Columba's Chapel (Middletown, Rhode Island)

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589: 224: 29: 343: 238: 594: 297:, Bishop of Rhode Island and later presiding Episcopal Bishop of the U.S, donated an acre of land in 1882 for a chapel to serve the neighboring community. The church was originally known as The Berkeley Memorial Chapel in honor of 305:. The cornerstone of the chapel was laid on October 11, 1884. The first service was held on June 23, 1885, even though the chapel was not complete. The chapel was consecrated on August 31, 1886, as a mission of the 45: 545: 670: 378: 355:
A number of significant persons, mostly from "Newport society", are buried in St. Columba's churchyard (a.k.a. Berkeley Memorial Cemetery). They include the following:
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in Middletown. Many of the ordained teachers officiated at services, and before the school's own chapel was built, boys walked to St. Columba's for Sunday worship.
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This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Rhode Island is a
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The chapel contains a collection of eleven stained-glass windows, ten by
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Eugene Sturtevant and his wife, Mary Clark Sturtevant, daughter of
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In its early history, the chapel had a close association with
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Maher Stained Glass St. Columba's Chapel restoration project
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Julie L. Sloan, LLC, description of St. Columba's windows
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41°30′26″N 71°14′32″W / 41.507095°N 71.2421°W / 41.507095; -71.2421
Middletown
Rhode Island
US
Denomination
Episcopalian
http://www.stcolumbaschapel.org/
1885
1886
Architect(s)
Wilson Eyre
1886
Aquidneck Deanery
Diocese
Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
Minister(s)
Rhode Island portal
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Christianity portal
Middletown
Rhode Island
Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
the Episcopal Church
Middletown
Rhode Island
St. Columba
Scotland
Thomas March Clark
Bishop George Berkeley

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