Stop 41 — St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Address: 115 West 7th Street Years of construction: 1892–1895 Style: Victorian Gothic Architect: Unknown

St. Peter's Episcopal Church at 115 West 7th was built of brick and brownstone between 1892 and 1895. Per Friends of Fourth Ward, St. Peter's is one of Charlotte's best surviving examples of the Victorian mason's art. Although the architect is unknown, the church is an excellent example of the late-Victorian approach to Gothic architecture.

The rose window

The front of the church features a large round "rose" window above a row of six tall and narrow rectangular windows. Per FOFW, the rose window — with its spoke-like stone-or-concrete mullions — dates from the 1948–51 renovations, making it a mid-20th-century addition to the late-19th-century structure.

The distinction matters architecturally: visitors often assume the rose window is original to the 1895 building when it is in fact a 1948–51 insertion in the spirit of the original. The building is a two-era composite.

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Source: Friends of Fourth Ward, Self-Walking Tour (2016). Retrieved April 24, 2026.