Trinity Episcopal Church Complex (Mount Vernon, New York)
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Trinity Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal
church complex at 335 Fourth Avenue in Mount Vernon
, Westchester County, New York
. It is two blocks south of its mother church, Saint Paul's Church
. The complex consists of the church (1859), old parish hall (1892), new parish hall (1909; 1954), and rectory
(1893). The church, old parish hall, and new parish hall are connected to form an "L" shaped building. The church was built in the Gothic Revival
style and enlarged and substantially redecorated in the 1880s. It is a one story masonry structure with a steeply pitched, slate
covered gable roof.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1997.
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
church complex at 335 Fourth Avenue in Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon, New York
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It lies on the border of the New York City borough of The Bronx.-Overview:...
, Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
. It is two blocks south of its mother church, Saint Paul's Church
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Mount Vernon, New York, just north of the New York City borough of The Bronx. The site was authorized in 1978 to protect Saint Paul's Church from increasing industrialization of the surrounding area...
. The complex consists of the church (1859), old parish hall (1892), new parish hall (1909; 1954), and 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...
(1893). The church, old parish hall, and new parish hall are connected to form an "L" shaped building. The church was built in the Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style and enlarged and substantially redecorated in the 1880s. It is a one story masonry structure with a steeply pitched, 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...
covered gable roof.
It 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...
in 1997.