St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Mt. Kisco, New York)
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal
church at the junction of N. Bedford Rd. and E. Main Street in Mt. Kisco, Westchester County, New York
. It was designed by noted architect Bertram Goodhue
in 1907 and built from 1909 to 1913 in the late Gothic Revival
style. The church was expanded in 1927-1928. It is a two story building constructed of square cut local granite
and schist
. It has carved limestone
trim and copings. Its intersecting gable roof is covered by green and purple slate
shingles. A tower was added in 1919-1920. Connected to the church is a contributing parish hall.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1991.
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 at the junction of N. Bedford Rd. and E. Main Street in Mt. Kisco, 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 was designed by noted architect Bertram Goodhue
Bertram Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a American architect celebrated for his work in neo-gothic design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for the Merrymount Press.-Early career:...
in 1907 and built from 1909 to 1913 in the late Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style. The church was expanded in 1927-1928. It is a two story building constructed of square cut local granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
and schist
Schist
The schists constitute a group of medium-grade metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others. Quartz often occurs in drawn-out grains to such an extent that a particular form called quartz schist is...
. It has carved limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
trim and copings. Its intersecting gable roof is covered by green and purple 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...
shingles. A tower was added in 1919-1920. Connected to the church is a contributing parish hall.
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 1991.