Chivers Memorial Church

	Chivers Memorial Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	East of Chicago Burlington RR tracks, west side of US 87, Lodge Grass, Montana
Coordinates	45°18′51″N 107°21′40″W / 45.31417°N 107.36111°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1927-28
Built by	Pease, George, Jr.; others
MPS	Lodge Grass MRA
NRHP reference No.	87001272
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1987

The Chivers Memorial Church in Lodge Grass, Montana is a historic church complex built during 1927–28. It is located east of the former CB&Q railroad tracks, along the western side of U.S. Route 87. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1] According to a Montana historic site inventory, it was then owned by the National Ministries of American Baptists, headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.^[2]

The complex, all under one roof, includes a gable-ended, wood-frame church building with a central bell tower, a council lodge hall, a Sunday-school room, and a parsonage.

The church replaced the former 1904-built Baptist missionary which was destroyed in a fire in 1926. Reverend Petsholdt raised funds for its construction. Crow Indian children had been allowed to attend regular schools since 1921, so it was not necessary to rebuild the mission school.^[2]

The church was considered a church for Native Americans only, as a different Baptist church for whites was built in 1917. The council lodge space was the largest meeting space in Lodge Grass, however, and was used for high school graduations, town meetings, and social events for over 60 years.^[2]

It was built by volunteers under supervision of George Pease, Jr.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Patricia Bick (1987). "Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory: Chivers Memorial Church". National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2017. With photo from 1986.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Patricia Bick (1987). "Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory: Chivers Memorial Church". National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2017. With photo from 1986.

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