Grace Church Van Vorst
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The Grace Church Van Vorst, is located in Jersey City
, New Jersey
. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on August 1, 1979. The church was built in 1853 and was named after the former Van Vorst Township
. The church is an English Gothic-style Episcopalian church and was designed by Detlef Lienau
. The building is constructed with brownstone
and has a slate
roof. The church was expanded in 1864 with the addition of two bays to the west and a Baptistry added midway on the south side of the building. The 57-foot high square tower was added in 1912. Adjacent to the church is a rectory
that was also designed by Lienau in a similar style to the church.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on August 1, 1979. The church was built in 1853 and was named after the former Van Vorst Township
Van Vorst Township, New Jersey
Van Vorst was a township that existed in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, from 1841 to 1851. It was on the Hudson River, immediately south of downtown Jersey City and across from Manhattan....
. The church is an English Gothic-style Episcopalian church and was designed by Detlef Lienau
Detlef Lienau
Detlef Lienau was a German architect born in Holstein. He is credited with having introduced the French style to American building construction, notably the mansard roof and all its decorative flourishes...
. The building is constructed with brownstone
Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic or Jurassic sandstone which was once a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States to refer to a terraced house clad in this material.-Types:-Apostle Island brownstone:...
and has a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
roof. The church was expanded in 1864 with the addition of two bays to the west and a Baptistry added midway on the south side of the building. The 57-foot high square tower was added in 1912. Adjacent to the church is a rectory
Rectory
A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...
that was also designed by Lienau in a similar style to the church.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey
- Paul Moore - former RectorRectorThe word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of the church.
External links
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