St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex


St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	2500 Westchester Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates	40°50′17″N 73°50′41″W / 40.83806°N 73.84472°W / 40.83806; -73.84472Coordinates: 40°50′17″N 73°50′41″W / 40.83806°N 73.84472°W / 40.83806; -73.84472
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1853
Architect	Eidlitz, Leopold; Eidlitz, Cyrus L.W.
Architectural style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	83001643^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 26, 1983

St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex is a historic Episcopal Gothic Revival church at 2500 Westchester Avenue and Saint Peters Avenue in the Bronx, New York City.

It was built in 1853 to designs by the architect Leopold Eidlitz in the Village of Westchester, now the East Bronx. The church was damaged heavily by fire and reconstructed and changed by Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz in 1878. It is a Gothic Revival style, cruciform plan, church constructed of rock faced schist. It features a square corner tower with buttressed corners and an octagonal belfry.^[2]^:3

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1998.^[1]

It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1976. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

In 2013, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance relocated from the American Bank Note Company Building to the chapel on the grounds of St. Peter's Church.^[3]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs
↑ http://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/hpe/2013/10/28/legendary-dance-group-gone-from-banknote/

External links

Official website

Sign for St. Peter's.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York

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