St. James Episcopal Church (McLeansboro, Illinois)

The St. James Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church located at 111 N. Pearl St. in McLeansboro, Illinois. The Gothic Revival church was built in 1880–81. The brick church features a 50-foot (15 m) bell tower and a steep gable roof. The walls of the church are supported by brick buttresses with stone caps. The church includes a variety of stained glass windows, including a rose window in the western gable, a round window above the altar, and a tall central window depicting Jesus as the Good Shepherd. The majority of the church's remaining windows are Gothic pointed arch windows.[2]

St. James Episcopal Church
Northern side of the church
Location111 N. Pearl St.,
McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
Coordinates38°5′35″N 88°32′10″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1882
ArchitectThompson, W. G.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.94001602[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 1995

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1995.[1]

Notes
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Vallowe, Frederic F. (October 21, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. James Episcopal Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 21, 2014.


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