19th century carpenter gothic St. John's Episcopal Church serves 21st century needs

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Originally organized in 1856 as St. Paul's Episcopal Church, this high Victorian, Carpenter Gothic-styled sanctuary has become a treasured example of fortitude, faith and endurance in South Mississippi.

The name of the church was changed in 1877 to St. John's Episcopal Church and the original building was erected in 1892. It is believed that Louis Sullivan, a teacher of Frank Lloyd Wright, worked with the church to develop the building plans for the first sanctuary.

The beautifully detailed, all-wood structure still serves every Sunday as a place where parishioners gather to hear the word of God.

In the early 1920s, it is said that the rector, who served the church weekly, walked across the bay on the railroad bridge to hold services, because there was no highway bridge between Biloxi and Ocean Springs. The only other way for the rector to reach St. John's would have been a long trip around through D'Iberville.
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