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St. Alban's Episcopal Church (Staten Island)

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Coordinates: 40°32′37″N 74°9′40″W / 40.54361°N 74.16111°W / 40.54361; -74.16111
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St. Alban's Episcopal Church
( Church of the Holy Comforter )
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Location76 St. Alban's Place
Staten Island, New York
Coordinates40°32′37″N 74°9′40″W / 40.54361°N 74.16111°W / 40.54361; -74.16111
Built1865
ArchitectRichard M. Upjohn
Architectural styleCarpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.82001264[1]
NYCL No.1113
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1982
Designated NYCLSeptember 9, 1980

St. Alban's Episcopal Church is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, in the United States. The building is an historic Carpenter Gothic style church now located at 76 St. Alban's Place in Eltingville, Staten Island. It was built in 1865 as the Church of the Holy Comforter at what is now 3939 Richmond Avenue, the present site of the South Shore YMCA, and was designed by Richard Michell Upjohn, the son of the noted Carpenter Gothic architect, Richard Upjohn. In 1873, the building was split in half and moved to its present location, where it was re-assembled and expanded. In 1951, Holy Comforter absorbed the congregation of nearby St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Great Kills, and changed its name to St. Alban's. St. Anne's had been founded in 1929 as an offshoot of Holy Comforter.[2][3]

On October 29, 1982, St. Alban's was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1] In 1984, it acquired an 1883-vintage Hook & Hastings organ, believed to be the oldest pipe organ that currently exists in a Staten Island church.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#82001264)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ St. Alban's Episcopal Church history
  3. ^ Andrew S. Dolkart and Anne B. Covell (February 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Alban's Episcopal Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-12-06. See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  4. ^ "Organs in the Borough of Staten Island". American Guild of Organists. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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