Grace Episcopal Church Complex
- Year
- 1734
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Queens, NY
Grace Episcopal Church Complex at 155-15 Jamaica Avenue is the oldest Episcopal church on Long Island and the second-largest in New York State, its parish founded in 1702. The present church was built in 1861–1862 in the Gothic Revival style, with a parish house and cemetery added later, and burials on the grounds dating back to 1734.
the building
The church and parish house. The church is built of rough-cut sandstone with a steeply pitched roof and a tall, sharp Gothic Revival spire; a chancel by Cady, Berg & See was added in 1901–1902, and the three-story brick parish house, Grace Memorial House, followed in 1912 in the Tudor Revival style.
The cemetery. The surrounding cemetery holds burials dating to 1734 and includes the graves of Rufus King (1755–1827), Charles King (1789–1867), and William Duer (1743–1799).
the style
The church combines Gothic Revival massing — steep roof, sharp spire, sandstone walls — with a Tudor Revival parish house added decades later, giving the complex two distinct historical registers side by side.
More on Gothic Revivalsignificance
The complex is a New York City Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- First Reformed Church
- King Manor
- La Casina
- Jamaica Savings Bank
- J. Kurtz & Sons Store
- Church of the Resurrection