Grace Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal

Episcopal Church (United States)

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 church complex at 155-15 Jamaica Avenue

Jamaica Avenue

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 in Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica, Queens

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, New York, New York

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. The complex includes the church, parish house, and cemetery

Cemetery

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. The church was built between 1861 and 1862. It is constructed of rough-cut sandstone

Sandstone

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 and features a steeply pitched roof and tall, sharp spire

Spire

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 in the Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

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 style. A chancel

Chancel

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, designed by Cady, Berg & See

J. Cleaveland Cady

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, was added at the rear of the church in 1901-1902. The parish house, known as Grace Memorial House, was built in 1912. It is three story brick building in the Tudor Revival style. The surrounding cemetery includes burials dating to 1734, when the church located at this site. Notable interments include Rufus King

Rufus King

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 (1755–1827) and Charles King

Charles King (academic)

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 (1789–1867).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1983.