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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1743/00/00 First Christ Church building is built
1754/00/00 Bishop Samuel Seabury Vocation Rev Samuel Seabury is rector of Christ Church from 1754 to 1757
1776/07/09 Declaration of Independence is read from the foot of the steeple tower of Christ Episcopal Church US Declaration of Independence
1803/00/00 Christ Episcopal Church square tower is built
1803/02/10 Anthony Walton White dies. He is buried at Christ Episcopal Church.
1852/00/00 Wills and Dudley Architect Christ Episcopal Church is rebuilt, preserving the steeple tower
1874/00/00 Choir house is built in a sophisticated display of brickwork combining Italianate and Gothic Revival motifs in a building which reflects the strong influence of the English Victorian Gothic movement.
1897/00/00 Parish House is built in Romanesque Style

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Particulars for Christ Episcopal Church:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Church Related Residence
Historic Use Church school
Architectural Style Federal Style
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Architectural Style Late Victorian
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th July 1989

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Christ Episcopal Church
Registry Address: 5 Paterson St.
Registry Number: 89000994
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Wills and Dudley
Architectural Style: Late victorian, Gothic revival, Federal
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 5
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1803, 1852, 1874
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure, Church school, Church related residence
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure Church related residence Church related residence

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