Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory

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Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Church in 2008
Location:	Smithfield, Rhode Island
Coordinates:	41°52′16″N 71°33′12″W / 41.87111, -71.55333Coordinates: 41°52′16″N 71°33′12″W / 41.87111, -71.55333
Built/Founded:	1851
Architect:	Thomas A. Tefft
Architectural style(s):	Queen Anne, Gothic Revival
Added to NRHP:	July 02, 1987
NRHP Reference#:	87000993 [1]
Governing body:	Private

Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory is an historic Episcopal church located on Putnam Pike in the village of Greenville in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Resolved Waterman donated land for the church. Prominent architect, Thomas Alexander Tefft built the church in 1851 and it opened on February 5, 1851, consecrated March 9, 1852. According to The History of the State of Rhode Island "Rev. James H. Eames was chosen rector at its organization, and remained until March 8, 1857. The church was built out of funds raised partly upon subscription, and partly from a fund furnished by the diocese. The rectors following the Rev. James H. Eames, have been Revs. Benjamin H. Chase, George A. Coggeshall, Eben Thompson, Edwin C. Sweetland, and others."[1]

[edit] References and external links

• History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations Albert J. Wright, Printer No. 79 Mille Street, corner of Federal, Boston. Hong, Wade & Co., Philadelphia 1878. The History of Smithfield pp. 306 - 311:

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