Episcopal services in Augusta date from 1763, when the Reverend Jacob Bailey gave a sermon at Fort Western. St. Mark's Episcopal Church was founded in 1840, although services were held on a regular basis beginning in 1831. A wooden church was constructed in 1841. In 1884, the congregation decided to build a new church, which now stands on Summer Street, essentially behind St. Mark's Home for Women. This building was completed by the end of 1886 and consecrated in 1887. Many of the beautiful appointment of the present-day church were given in honor of women: the alter as a memorial to Sibyl Angier Franham Lambard; the Ascension Window, designed by Tiffany, in memory of Hannah Bridge Williams; and the tower bells in memory of Ellen Kling.

 

Site #32.1 Sources:

	Augusta, Maine Sesquicentennial. Special reprint of Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, Sesquicentennial Edition, Wednesday, July 30, 1947.
	Faith Communities of Augusta, Maine - Past and Present. A City Bicentennial Project under the auspices of the Augusta Clergy Association, 1997.
	North, James W. The History of Augusta Maine. Somesworth, NH: New England History Press, 1981. New forward by Edwin A. Churchill. Originally published in 1870 by Clapp and North of Augusta, ME.