#26 – St. Philip’s Episcopal Church

St. Philip's Episcopal Church

The church building cornerstone was laid in 1860, and the building opened for services in 1861 at the outbreak of the Civil War. This gem of Gothic Revival architecture was designed by the Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, the first Episcopal Bishop of Kentucky. Concerning the design sources, legend maintains that Smith provided a wooden model of a church in England he had visited as a boy; also the only truly centered window is the one back of the altar, as Smith taught: "Only Providence is perfect, and man should ever be mindful of such."