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Historic District - St. Francisville

Grace Episcopal Church
Organized March 15, 1827, Grace Church is the second oldest Episcopal church in Louisiana. The present Gothic structure was build 1858-60, its cornerstone laid by Leonidas Polk, the Fighting Bishop of the Confederacy. Grace Church's beauty owes much to the restraint of its builder, English master carpenter C.N. Gibbons. Severely damaged by shelling during the Civil War, Grace Church nevertheless saw the burial by its rector of Federal gunboat captain John E. Hart, whose vessell had been shelling the very churchyard in which he was soon buried. A Mason, Hart had desired a Masonic burial, and fighting stopped for a day while Confederate and Union Masons honored a brother's request. The Rev. D.S. Lewis read the Episcopal burial service as Commander Hart was laid to rest in the time-honored Masonic plot a solemn moment now re-enacted each summer.
Location: Ferdinand St. in the Historic District of St. Francisville.
Services: Sunday 7:30am & 10am 225-635-4035

Old Presbyterian Church

Location: Historic District, St. Francisville, on Prosperity St.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Built from the plans drawn by Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in 1871, the church was completed in 1893. The interior columns are of hand-hewn heart pine and the altar was hand-crafted in Natchez.
Location: Off Ferdinand St.at Sewell St. in Historic District of St. Francisville, overlooking Mississippi River.
For information on Liturgies, Church History, Youth Groups, Women Aux. & Knights of Columbus, click on Visit button. Services: Sat.(Vigil) 5:30 pm Sundays: 10:30 am

United Methodist Church
Methodism arrived here in 1803 with fiery missionary Lorenzo Dow; an imposing church was built in Bayou Sara in 1844. The present church was built in 1899 and includes the bell tower moved up the hill from the old church after Bayou Sara succumbed to years of flooding.
Location: Historic District on Royal St.

In the Parish

Afton Villa Baptist
Location: approximately 5 miles north of St. Francisville off US Hwy 61 just north of Afton Villa Gardens

St. John's Episcopal
Location: One mile off US Hwy 61 on Laurel Hill Road, 12 miles north of St. Francisville on US Hwy 61.

St. Mary's Church just north of St. Francisville, Louisiana

St. Mary's Episcopal
Location: Ten miles north on Hwy 66, which is 3 miles north on US Hwy 61 of St. Francisville

Cemeteries

Hebrew Rest Cemetery

Locust Grove Cemetery
Last remains of Locust Grove Plantation, this family burial site is located 1 mile of La. Hwy 10 and 4 and a half miles east of St. Francisville, Louisiana. Sarah Knox Taylor Davis is buried at Locust Grove. She was the daughter of President Zachary Taylor and wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. Cemetery is designated a State Historic Site. Open: 9am-5pm Closed: Thanksgiving and
Christmas

McCausland Cemetery