St Paul's Church National Historic Site


  • Address: Eastchester
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

A church that preserves an important chapter in our nation's history.

Saint Paul's Church helps to tell the story of the development of colonial society and the road to the American Revolution. It consists of an 18th-century church that was used as a Revolutionary War hospital, a historic cemetery with burial stones dating to 1704 and the remnant of a Village Green that was the site of the Election of 1733 which raised issues of Freedom of Religion and Press. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Zenger,John Peter Significant name
1765/00/00
1787/00/00

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Particulars for St Paul's Church National Historic Site:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Consideration Commemorative property
Owner Federal
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Law, Legal System
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: St. Paul's Church National Historic Site
Registry Address: Eastchester
Registry Number: 66000580
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private, Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
Area in Acres: 6
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Site
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Law, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Commemorative property, Religious property
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1765, 1787
Associated People: Zenger,John Peter
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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