Church of St. John the Evangelist (Stockport, New York)
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Church of St. John the Evangelist is a historic Episcopal
church on Chittenden Road in Stockport
, Columbia County, New York
. It was built in 1845 and is a one story, rectangular wood frame building in the Carpenter Gothic
style. It features a projecting center entrance tower and steep gable roofs. The adjacent cemetery
contains approximately 2,200 burials from 1821 to the present.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1972.
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 on Chittenden Road in Stockport
Stockport, New York
Stockport is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 2,933 at the 2000 census.The Town of Stockport is in the northwest part of the county.- History :The region was settled around 1657....
, Columbia County, New York
Columbia County, New York
Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,096. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal...
. It was built in 1845 and is a one story, rectangular wood frame building in the Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...
style. It features a projecting center entrance tower and steep gable roofs. The adjacent cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
contains approximately 2,200 burials from 1821 to the present.
It was listed on 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 1972.