St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is a historic
Episcopal church
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at 1 Grove Street in
Schuylerville,
Saratoga County, New York
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. It was built in 1868 and is a
cruciform
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Cruciform architectural plan
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plan church building in the
Gothic Revival
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style. It is built of quarry faced stone block laid in random
ashlar
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. It features a steeply pitched gable roof and polygonal
steeple
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, both covered in ornate polychrome
slate
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.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 2005.
References
External links
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church website
Episcopal church buildings in New York (state)
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state)
Churches completed in 1838
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Churches in Saratoga County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Saratoga County, New York
Schuylerville, New York
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