National Register Listing

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

312 N. Division St., Carson City (Independent City), NV

Construction of St. Peter's Episcopal Church commenced in the latter half of 1867. The first service was held on August 9, 1868; however, the Church was not consecrated until June, 1870.

The building, which features medieval and classical origins and includes colored leaded glass windows in the intersecting tracery motif, and an arcaded, three-bay chancel screen supported by fluted, Roman Corinthian columns, remains today as the seat of secular activity in Carson City for the Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Episcopal Church is the oldest Episcopal House of Worship extant in Nevada.

Local significance of the building:
Architecture; Religion

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.