Church of Our Most Merciful Saviour (Santee, Nebraska)

Episcopal Church
Location On the Missouri River in the Santee Indian Reservation, Santee, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°50′27.06″N 97°50′15.47″W / 42.8408500°N 97.8376306°W / 42.8408500; -97.8376306Coordinates: 42°50′27.06″N 97°50′15.47″W / 42.8408500°N 97.8376306°W / 42.8408500; -97.8376306
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1884
NRHP Reference # 72000754[1]
Added to NRHP March 16, 1972

The Church of Our Most Merciful Saviour, also known as the Santee Mission, built in 1884, is a historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church located on the Missouri River in the Santee Indian Reservation in Santee, Nebraska. Although its side windows are not arched, it otherwise exhibits all the common features of Carpenter Gothic churches: board and batten siding, lancet windows on the front along with a circular rosette window, belfry tower on the side and main entrance on the side though the belfry tower.

On March 16, 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Episcopal Church.[1]

It is one of two churches in Nebraska included in the Santee Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota. It is served by the Rev. Mercy Hobbs and the Rev. David Hussey.[2]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota 2011 Journal of the 127th Annual Convention held at Pierre, South Dakota September 9-10, 2011 together with the Constitution, Canons, and Rules of Order pp.6-7

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