St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is an historic church located at 628 Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut.[2] The church is an English Gothic Revival structure, built in 1891 to a design by William Potter. It has buttressed stone construction, with a compound-arch entry and a large rose stained-glass window. The associated parish house, also a Gothic Victorian structure, was designed by Richard M. Upjohn and built in 1869–72.[3]
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| Location | 628 Main St., Stamford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°3′17″N 73°32′2″W / 41.05472°N 73.53389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architect | William Potter, Richard M. Upjohn |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Gothic, Queen Anne |
| MPS | Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87002128[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 24, 1987 |
Rectors edit
The position of rector of St. John's Church has been in effect since 1748.[4][5]
- Ebeneezer Dibblee 1748–1799
- Jonathan Judd 1812–1822
- Ambrose Seymour Todd 1823–1861
- Walter Mitchell 1861–1866
- William Tatlock 1866–1896
- Charles Morris Addison 1897–1919
- Gerald A. Cunningham 1920–1942
- Stanley F. Hemsley 1942–1974
- Douglas E. Theuner 1974–1986
- Leander Harding 1989–2005
- James R. Wheeler 2007–2019
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "St. John's Episcopal Church". St. John's Episcopal Church. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^ "St. John's Announces a New Rector". www.stamfordplus.com.
- ^ "History".
External links edit
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