”The Episcopal church has been ministered to by the following six regularly Installed rectors: C. S. Ware, 1891-94;…

Holy Trinity Parish was organized June 25, 1891, at which time Rev. C. S. Ware, who had supplied at intervals, was chosen as the first rector.  …The erection of a church home was agreed upon, and on August 19, 1891, Bishop Gilbert and Rev. Ware laid the corner stone of the structure. The building, of stone construction, was completed late in the fall, at a cost of $6000. The dedication ceremonies did not eventuate until six years later, when it was accomplished with the indebtedness cleared. The event took place Monday, November 7, 1897, Bishop Gilbert officiating. The parish owns a rectory, bought in 1906 with funds raised for the most part through the efforts of the ladies’ guild.”

Reference Data:

An Illustrated History of the Counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota, by Arthur P. Rose, 1911, page 159