Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and Library

Historic church in Wyoming, United States

United States historic place


Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


43°12′5″N 110°24′22″W / 43.20139°N 110.40611°W / 43.20139; -110.40611
Built	1940
Architect	Community of Bondurant
NRHP reference No.	01001525
Added to NRHP	January 24, 2002^[1]

The Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and its associated library, also known as the Bondurant Protestant Episcopal Church were built in Bondurant, Wyoming, the church in 1940-41 and the library in 1943. The church was financed by the sale of a diamond bequeathed to the Episcopal Church by Mrs. John Markoe, which was to be sold to finance a memorial church. According to some versions, the church was to be built in the most remote part of the United States. Wyoming Bishop Winfred H. Zeigler suggested Bondurant, where he had been forced to take shelter from a blizzard while traveling in 1937. The diamond was sold for $1400, and Zeigler returned to Bondurant to organize the construction of the church by local volunteers.^[2]

The rustic log church and library function as a community center for Bondurant. The church is operated by St. John's Episcopal Church in Jackson.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and Library". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. October 16, 2008.
^ "Worship". The Episcopal Church of Jackson Hole. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011.