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of 1906. The original church building, a few blocks from the present church, was destroyed by a tornado in March, 1913. The parish had been considering a new building further up Red
Mountain; now they had to act. The present site, at the corner of Eleventh Avenue and Twelfth Street South, was acquired and the cornerstone laid by
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American to serve as rector of St. Andrew's. Watkins helped establish the St. Andy's Food Pantry, which serves the neighborhood on two Saturdays each month. After a three year interim, the Reverend Peter Alan Helman became the eighteenth rector of the parish in November 2023.
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