St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House is a historic
Episcopal
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church at 2500
Jerome Avenue and 190th Street, in the
Fordham neighborhood of
The Bronx in
New York City. It was founded July 5, 1853, becoming the first Episcopal parish in Fordham. The parish at first met at the Manor Reformed Church on Kingsbridge Road, then on June 11, 1854 acquired an old schoolhouse for use. On October 1, 1854, the Rev. Joshua Weaver became its first rector.
Buildings
The
church was designed in 1863 by architect
Henry C. Dudley (1813-1894).
Bishop
Horatio Potter laid the cornerstone of the present building on May 28, 1864, and the church was consecrated by the same on
All Saints' Day, November 1, 1865.
It is a "native stone" building with
brownstone
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Type ...
trim in the
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
style.
It was completed at a cost of $25,000.
The stone parish house, located on Jerome Avenue, was built 1891-1892 to the designs by
Henry Franklin Kilburn
Henry Franklin Kilburn, FAIA, (February 20, 1844 in Ashfield, Massachusetts – September 26, 1905 in New York City) was an American architect active in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century New York City who is particularly associated wit ...
.
[ It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.]New York City Landmark
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in 1980.
The parish also operated an apartment building on its property, built to relieve the housing shortage after World War I and as a business venture to raise revenue for expanding the church and parish house. It opened in 1924; however, the debt proved onerous with the coming of the Great Depression
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. The property was finally sold in 1924.
See also
*List of New York City Designated Landmarks in the Bronx
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* National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx
References
External links
St. James' Episcopal Church website
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19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Churches completed in 1863
Episcopal church buildings in the Bronx
Fordham, Bronx
Gothic Revival church buildings in New York City
New York City Designated Landmarks in the Bronx
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in the Bronx