ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH St. Saviour's Church (from the French, St. Sauveur, or Holy Redeemer,) began with the desire of Episcopalians on holiday to worship with the Book of Common Prayer. In the late 1860's this was intermittent, depending upon visits by Bishop Neeley, the presence of committed laity, or vacationing clergy. By 1871, however, weekly worship on Sundays was conducted during the summer at the Rodick House, or occasionally, in the Union Church which stood on the site now occupied by the Congregationalists. From the outset, local people were attracted to Anglican worship, which offered an alternative to the gloom, emphasis on sin, and emotionalism so prevalent in Maine at the time. Funds collected during the summers made possible the purchase of the eastern part of the present lot in 1876; construction of the first church began in April of 1877 and it was first used for worship during the summer of 1878. This building, measuring 80' X 24', would seat 325. The next summer the building was consecrated by Bp. Neeley who persuaded his Trinity College classmate, Christopher Starr Leffingwell, to resign as rector of Christ Church, Gardiner, to accept the challenge of a new mission. The character of Mr. Leffingwell's life and the diligence of his labors brought forth increase; at his resignation twenty years later in 1899, local membership totalled 171. From the onset membership numbers signified little. During the summer months Sunday attendance was always over one thousand. Such increased attendance demanded more space. The Rotch & Tilden enlargement of 1385-1886 resulted. This added to the existing church, which became transcepts, the present nave, the crossing tower and a 16' radius apse, before which stood a raised chancel for the clergy and choir. The influence of Richardson's Trinity Church, Boston, was now present in the shingle style. Three years later, Mrs. Wm. H. Vanderbilt gave the present choir room as housing for the sizab Sunday School. The second vicar was Wm.Osborn Baker, a "Ritualist" whose Anglo-Catholic practices and youth, raised complaints in the summer cclony. His two years as curate and three years as vicar made him beloved by local people. Excellence in musical standards and a love of beauty were gifts that he bestowed with lasting effect upon the parish. His wife's parents, having the same values, replaced the apse with the present chancel and his widowed mother-in-law added the Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin in 1901-1902. The Jacksons in 1399 had given the Rectory, and after the construction of the new chancel, the Rectory and church were joined by a cloister. The spring of 1903 marked a change in the legal status to that of a parish. The former assistant, Stephen H. Green, was elected rector. During his nine year tenure the parish house and hall were added; the latter for a school teaching sewing, cooking and other skills useful for summer cottage employment. On September 18, 1904, Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, became the first Primate of England to celebrate the Eucharist on American soil. There have been eight rectors, many assistants, and a few interim priests since the departure of Stephen H. Green. Many of the Nation's leaders in Church, scholarship, industry, commerce and government have worshipped here. Two bishops, artist, musicians and many whose names are remembered now only to God alone have gone forth from here. Today, the Church's worship continues on this site, in this House of Prayer, as it has in unbroken chain week after week, since 1879. The Rev. Edwin A. Garrett, III, Honorary Assistant