The Church of the Epiphany is steeped in history from its founding in a private home, to meeting in a barn and now to our current site on Price Road. Our offices are in a historic, early 20th Century Farm House and services are held in our new, 21st Century Sanctuary of which two walls are made of good old earth.
Please follow this link to read a history of Church of the Epiphany parish. Originally intended to be printed as a book, these articles follow Epiphany as we grew and changed since our start in a barn in southeast Tempe. The stories celebrate our 50 years as a parish. Please comments and any contributions to our story to the office
Please click on the title to follow a link for a brief history of the Episcopal Church in America and some other interesting information.
For a complete history of the Episcopal Church in America, please visit The Episcopal Church web site at: episcopalchurch.org
The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona web site is at: azdiocese.org
The D. J. Frankenberg House is significant as the home of a member of one of the earliest ranching families in Tempe, for the connection with the development Pima long staple cotton agriculture in the Valley, and for association with Don Juan Frankenberg, former president of Tempe Union High School and Trustee of the Tempe Board of Education. The D. J. Frankenberg House is significant as one of the best remaining examples of the transitional Western Colonial Box/Craftsman Bungalow residential architectural style in Tempe.
Aerial View, circa 1990’s
(before the Price Freeway)