St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey

	New St. Mary's Episcopal Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	New St. Mary's Church
Location	145 West Broad Street; Burlington, New Jersey
Area	6.2 acres (2.5 ha)
Built	1846-1854
Architect	Richard Upjohn et al.
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	72000770
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 31, 1972
Designated NHL	June 24, 1986

St. Mary's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal parish in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The original church was built in 1703 and was supplemented with a new church on adjacent land in 1854. On May 31, 1972, the new church was added to the National Register of Historic Places and on June 24, 1986, it was declared a National Historic Landmark.

Old church

In 1695 settlers acquired land for a cemetery at West Broad and Wood streets. They built St. Mary's Church there in 1703. It is the oldest Episcopal church in New Jersey.

With a growing congregation, the parish decided to build a new church. They commissioned Richard Upjohn to design the church. In 1846 he began the new church on adjoining land at 145 West Broad Street. It was consecrated in 1854.

New church

New St. Mary's Church was constructed between 1846 and 1854. It is one of the earliest attempts in the United States to "follow a specific English medieval church model for which measured drawings existed." This Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Richard Upjohn, who modeled it after St. John's Church in Shottesbrooke, England. It helped firmly establish Upjohn as a practitioner of Gothic design.^[1]^[3] It is a massive brownstone church with a long nave. The crossing is topped by a tall stone spire that has eight bells cast in England by Thomas Mears II at the Whitechapel Bell Foundryin 1865.^[4] The church was designated a National Historic Landmark.

Image gallery

Old St. Mary's Church
New St. Mary's Church
Church in Shottesbrooke

Notable burials

Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), Governor of New Jersey.^[5]
Elias Boudinot (1740–1821), President of the Continental Congress from 1782-1783.^[6]
William Bradford (1755–1795), United States Attorney General
Daniel Coxe, Governor of West Jersey
George Washington Doane (1799–1859), second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.^[7]
Rowland Ellis
Edward Burd Grubb, Jr. (1841–1913), American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General.^[8]
Franklin D'Olier, founder of the American Legion
James Kinsey (1731–1803), Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1789 to 1803.^[9]
Henry Seymour Lansing, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General
Joseph McIlvaine (1769–1826), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1823 to 1826.^[10]
William Milnor (1769–1848), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia.^[11]
William H. Odenheimer, third Bishop of New Jersey
Isabel Paterson (1886–1961), libertarian author.^[12]
John H. Pugh (1827–1905), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1877-1879.^[13]
Garret D. Wall (1783–1850), United States Senator from 1835-1841.^[14]
James Walter Wall (1820–1872), United States Senator and Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey.^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "New St. Mary's Episcopal Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2008-06-23.
^ Churches of England
^ Intensive Level Architectural Survey, McCabe & Associates, 2002
^ New Jersey Governor Joseph Bloomfield, National Governors Association. Accessed August 21, 2007.
^ Elias Boudinot, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.
^ George Washington Doane, Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard. Accessed August 21, 2007.
^ E. Burd Grubb, St. Mary's Churchyard. Accessed August 21, 2007.
^ James Kinsey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.
^ Joseph McIlvaine, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.
^ William Milnor, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
^ Isabel Paterson, Find A Grave. Accessed August 21, 2007.
^ John Howard Pugh, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
^ Garret Dorset Wall, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
^ James Walter Wall, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nhlsum-2] "New St. Mary's Episcopal Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2008-06-23.

[3] Churches of England

[4] Intensive Level Architectural Survey, McCabe & Associates, 2002

[5] New Jersey Governor Joseph Bloomfield, National Governors Association. Accessed August 21, 2007.

[6] Elias Boudinot, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.

[7] George Washington Doane, Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard. Accessed August 21, 2007.

[8] E. Burd Grubb, St. Mary's Churchyard. Accessed August 21, 2007.

[9] James Kinsey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.

[10] Joseph McIlvaine, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.

[11] William Milnor, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.

[12] Isabel Paterson, Find A Grave. Accessed August 21, 2007.

[13] John Howard Pugh, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.

[14] Garret Dorset Wall, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.

[15] James Walter Wall, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.

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