Riverdale Presbyterian Church is a historic

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located at 4761-4765 Henry Hudson Parkway in the Riverdale neighborhood of

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, New York City. It was designed in 1863 by architect James Renwick, Jr. The church is a fieldstone building in an English-inspired Gothic Revival architecture, Late Gothic Revival style. It was substantially enlarged in 1936. The complex also includes a stone manse, the Duff House, also designed by Renwick, and a Stick-Eastlake, Stick Style cottage, called the Duff or Gardener's Cottage, built in 1875. ''See also:'' In his original design for the Duff House, Renwick combined a mansard roof with gables and dormers in the Gothic Revival style. p.873 The complex was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, p.347 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The congregation established the Edgehill Church at Spuyten Duyvil in 1869 as a chapel; it is now an independent church.

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