St. Ann's Episcopal Church (Bronx)
St. Ann's Church | |
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St. Ann's Church of Morrisania (Episcopal) | |
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40°48′30″N 73°55′3″W / 40.80833°N 73.91750°W | |
Location | 295 St. Ann’s Avenue, Bronx, NY |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Episcopalian |
Website | stannssouthbronx |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1841 |
Architecture | |
Style | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1840 |
Administration | |
Province | Province II |
Diocese | Episcopal Diocese of New York |
Clergy | |
Pastor(s) | Rev. Martha Overall[1] |
Laity | |
Churchwarden(s) | Wendy Canas[1](also) Isabel Santiago |
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St. Ann's Church Complex | |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
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Built | 1840 |
NRHP reference No. | 80002589[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 16, 1980 |
Designated NYCL | June 9, 1967 |
St. Ann's Church, also known as St. Ann's Church of Morrisania, is a historic Episcopal church in the Mott Haven, the South Bronx, New York City.
History
Gouverneur Morris Jr. (1813-1888) had St. Ann's Church built in memory of his mother, Ann Cary Randolph Morris, who died in 1837.[3]
Gouverneur Morris born Feb. 9, 1813; died Aug. 20, 1888. Founder of this Parish, to which he gave church and lands for the glory of God and in memory of his mother.
— Inscription on a plaque to the right of the chancel.[4]
It was built in 1840 and donated by him as a family monument, the Morrisania Memorial. It is a fieldstone building in the Gothic Revival style with a vernacular Greek Revival style tower. The complex includes the stone parish house added in 1916, late-19th century Sunday School and gymnasium building, and a graveyard that includes the Morris family crypt. Among those whose remains are in the graveyard or crypt are Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), Ann Cary Randolph Morris (1774-1837), Lewis Morris (1671–1746), and Lewis Morris (1726–1798).[5][4]
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[2] It was designated a New York City landmark in 1967.
References
- ^ a b "Home Page". St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – St. Ann's Church Complex (#90NR00036)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ McKenney, Janice E. (November 15, 2012). Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers. Scarecrow Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-8108-8499-1.
- ^ a b "St. Ann's Church and Graveyard" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City. June 9, 1967. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Spencer–Ralph, Elizabeth; McDarrah, Gloria (October 10, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: St. Ann's Church Complex" (PDF) and accompanying 5 photographs. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). > Search > Criteria > National Register Number: 90NR00036 > Search > Results > View > Atts. (2)
See also
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in The Bronx
- National Register of Historic Places in Bronx County, New York
External links
Media related to St. Ann's Church (Bronx) at Wikimedia Commons
- Episcopal church buildings in the Bronx
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in the Bronx
- Gothic Revival church buildings in New York City
- Churches completed in 1840
- 19th-century Episcopal church buildings
- New York City Designated Landmarks in the Bronx
- Mott Haven, Bronx
- New York City Registered Historic Place stubs
- New York City church stubs
- Bronx building and structure stubs