All Saints Episcopal Church

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 2, 2024

1. All Saints Episcopal Church Marker

From the National Register Nomination:  In July, 1977, the Denver City Council designated All Saints Episcopal Church, (The Chapel of Our Merciful Savior), the l00th Denver Landmark upon recommendation from the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission.

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From the National Register Nomination prepared by Carl Jacobsen, Historic Denver Inc., 10/17/1977:
The Chapel of Our Merciful Savior, built in 1890 as All Saints Episcopal Church, the second oldest Episcopal Church structure erected in Denver, is significant both historically and architecturally. It stands today, virtually unaltered or changed since the day it was finished, as an excellent example of the small church designed to serve a parish of working class - lower middle-class families. The building has added significance since it is the work of Janes Murdoch, an important architect in Denver in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

All Saints Episcopal parish traces its origins to 1874 when it was organized as a mission by Sister Eliza Barton under the auspices of Bishop John F. Spalding. On December 4, 1389, the parish was formally organized and early the following year the old church building was sold and

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 2, 2024

2. All Saints Episcopal Church Marker

The marker is mounted on the right side of the west entrance.
From the National Register Nomination:  There is a gabled narthex on the front, next to the tower, with the main entrance into the church in the center. The entrance is recessed within a Gothic arch which is outlined with light-colored rusticated stone. The wooden, double doors are paneled in the lower portion, and the upper half of each has two narrow rectangular lights. Above the doers is decorated by a trefoil within a circle.

new land purchased on the southeast corner of Fairview Avenue and Gray Street, now named West 32nd Avenue and Wyandot Street. The building permit was issued April 26, 1890, and listed J. Murdoch as architect and U. J. Prisk as builder. The church was completed on September 14, 1890, and was known as All Saints Parish Church until August 6, 1961, when a new, larger church was dedicated at West 37th Avenue and Yates Street. The old structure was renamed "The Chapel of Our Merciful Savior" and is still used for services.

Excerpt:  The church was built in the Gothic Revival style and features a corner bell tower. The building was largely influenced by the German immigrants occupying the neighborhood at the time of its construction. Other notable exterior features are the rose-stained glass window above the archway and the circular stone arches. Wooden statues, the pulpit, pews, and baptismal font are in their original form inside the chapel. The high beams of the ceiling are set in a herringbone pattern.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 2, 2024

3. All Saints Episcopal Church (southwest elevation)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 2, 2024

4. All Saints Episcopal Church (southwest detail)

From the National Register Nomination:  The focal point of the west front is the beautiful rose window, centered in the gable and outlined in rusticated stone similar to the main entrance. The rose window has the trefoil repeated around the perimeter. The predominate colors of the glass in the window are reds, yellows and blues. In the top portion of the gable there is decorative brick work in a pattern of recessed squares. The top of the gable is crowned by a simple cross.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 2, 2024

5. All Saints Episcopal Church
(bell tower detail)

From the National Register Nomination:  The front facade of the tower has a narrow Gothic window in the center of the lower portion, above which is an inset of rusticated stone with a carved trefoil in the center. On both front corners of the tower are buttresses. The upper portion of the tower is separated from the lower by a plain cornice, under which is a course. The front of the tower has a large, recessed Gothic arched window which takes up most of the width of the tower. The tower is topped with a German style steeple faced with shingles and topped by a cross.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 2, 2024

6. All Saints Episcopal Church (north elevation)