St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal

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at the junction of N. Bedford Rd. and E. Main Street in Mt. Kisco,

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. It was designed by architect

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in 1907 and built from 1909 to 1913 in the late

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style. The church was expanded in 1927–1928. It is a two-story building constructed of square cut local

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and

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. It has carved

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trim and copings and a statue of St. Mark by

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. Its intersecting gable roof is covered by green and purple

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shingles. A tower was added in 1919–1920. Connected to the church is a contributing parish hall. ''See also:'' The church has an organ built by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Three stained glass windows were executed by the Tiffany Studio.Duncan, Alastair, Tiffany Windows: The indispensable book on Louis C. Tiffany’s masterpieces, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1980, p. 205 It was added to the

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in 1991.

References

External links

St. Mark's Episcopal Church website
Churches completed in 1913 20th-century Episcopal church buildings Episcopal church buildings in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches in Westchester County, New York 1913 establishments in New York (state) Mount Kisco, New York {{NewYork-church-stub