What began as a woman’s request that her daughter be baptized has turned into a longtime downtown Springfield institution.
Christ Episcopal Church, at the corner of Kimbrough Avenue and Walnut Street, was founded in 1859 when Marie Burden asked the Rev. Montgomery Schuyler, rector of Christ Church in St. Louis, to help in the baptism of her daughter, Nellie, according to a history book published by Christ Episcopal.
Schuyler sent an assistant, the Rev. T.I. Holcombe, to Springfield. He baptized Nellie, and that was the beginning of the church.
Christ Episcopal celebrates its 154th Christmas this year with services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
I think you mean Springfield, MO. It doesn’t look anything like Christ Church, Springfield, IL. see Christ Church, Springfield, IL
Yep, especially as St. Louis is in Missouri not Illinois.