St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (Stamford, Connecticut)
Appearance
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church | |
Location | 628 Main St., Stamford, Connecticut |
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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 |
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is a 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 Upjohn and built in 1869-72.[3]
Rectors
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 Wheeler (2007-present)
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Official Website
- ^ "NRHP nomination for St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/Local_2/St_John_s_announces_new_Rector1522.shtml
- ^ http://www.stjohns-stamford.org/parishlife/history/
External links
Categories:
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
- Queen Anne architecture in Connecticut
- Gothic Revival churches in Connecticut
- Episcopal churches in Connecticut
- Churches completed in 1869
- 19th-century Episcopal churches
- Churches in Stamford, Connecticut
- Richard Michell Upjohn buildings
- National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 1748 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Connecticut Registered Historic Place stubs
- Connecticut church stubs