OUR HISTORY

Saint Stephen’s was founded in the 1830s for families on the southern end of Providence’s East Side. Almost since its founding, it has been associated with the Oxford Movement or Anglo-Catholic movement which you can read more about in other places on our site. The current church building on George Street built by famed architect Richard Upjohn was begun in 1860 and dedicated in 1862. The adjacent parish house was built in 1901, and houses offices, classrooms, and the kitchen which Epiphany Soup Kitchen operates out of on Saturdays.