Grace Episcopal Church Complex (Lyons, New York)
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Grace Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal
church complex located at Lyons
in Wayne County, New York
. The complex consists of a contributing stone church building begun in 1838, a contributing frame rectory
begun about 1833, and a contributing parish house built in 1887-1888. The church building is Gothic Revival
in style and constructed of rubble limestone walls with cut limestone trim. The rectory is an irregularly massed two story, wood frame building incorporating a former private residence built at this site about 1833 in the vernacular late Federal
/ early Greek Revival
style. The parish house is a single story, frame building designed in the Queen Anne
style.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1994.
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 located at Lyons
Lyons (village), New York
Lyons is a village in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 3,695 at the 2000 census. The village, along with the town, is named after Lyon , France....
in Wayne County, New York
Wayne County, New York
Wayne County is a county located in the US state of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American...
. The complex consists of a contributing stone church building begun in 1838, a contributing frame 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...
begun about 1833, and a contributing parish house built in 1887-1888. The church building is Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
in style and constructed of rubble limestone walls with cut limestone trim. The rectory is an irregularly massed two story, wood frame building incorporating a former private residence built at this site about 1833 in the vernacular late Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
/ early Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style. The parish house is a single story, frame building designed in the Queen Anne
Queen Anne Style architecture
The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...
style.
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 1994.