St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany: architect, style and history

St. Peter's Episcopal Church in downtown Albany was designed in the mid-19th century by Richard Upjohn and his son Richard M. Upjohn in the French Gothic Revival style, completed in 1876. The congregation itself traces back to 1715, established at the behest of Queen Anne, and was the first Anglican congregation north of New York City and west of the Hudson River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and designated a National Historic Landmark eight years later.

the building

A royal communion set. The church still holds a silver communion service given to it by Queen Anne, a physical link to its 1715 founding under her patronage, predating the current Upjohn-designed building by more than a century.

the style

Richard Upjohn and his son designed the church in the French Gothic Revival style, part of the mid-19th-century wave of Gothic Revival church building that Upjohn helped define nationally.

the architect

Richard Upjohn, working with his son Richard M. Upjohn, was a nationally significant Gothic Revival architect who designed St. Peter's in the French Gothic idiom.

significance

St. Peter's was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1980. It is also a contributing property to the Downtown Albany Historic District.

nearby

Albany City Hall 350 ft · Richardsonian Romanesque · 1883
St. Mary's Church 440 ft · Renaissance Revival · 1867
New York Court of Appeals Building 520 ft · Greek Revival · 1842
Union Station 0.2 mi · Beaux-Arts
New York State Capitol 0.2 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1899
Old Post Office 0.2 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1883

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