{"nrhp_refnum":"00000241","name":"Church of St. Barnabas","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15 N Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Irvington","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.03984520400007,"lon":-73.86548724399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival Episcopal church complex at 15 North Broadway in Irvington, Westchester County, New York. The original chapel dates to 1852-53 and the church was enlarged in 1863; the site also holds a rectory, lych gate, parish hall and a non-contributing garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a fine representative example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture in Westchester County, with granite and limestone construction, a central tower, buttresses and pointed-arch tracery windows. The 1863 enlargement was designed by the noted New York firm Renwick & Sands. The complex also keeps a high degree of integrity to its period of significance.","narrative":"Set on the west side of North Broadway in Irvington, this Gothic Revival church began as a small chapel and school built in 1852-53, with the Rev. John McVickar credited for the original design and Washington Irving among its early supporters. In 1863 the firm of Renwick & Sands enlarged it with a crossing tower, transepts and a chancel, giving the building much more presence. Granite walls, slate roofs, limestone tracery and a crenelated tower define its look. The grounds include a rectory from the 1850s, a lych gate built in 1899, and a Collegiate Gothic parish hall of 1902. The Luke Memorial Chapel was added in 1945, and its windows include work by Tiffany, John LaFarge and James Powell & Sons. Office and classroom wings from the 1960s are hidden from the street and do not contribute. The property was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of mid-nineteenth-century Gothic Revival church design with sympathetic later additions.","period_of_significance":"1852-1945","architect_builder":"Renwick & Sands (enlargement)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival; Mid 19th Century: Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in religious use; the form lists current function as a religious facility and says the parish has long been committed to preserving the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.088388-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000241.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000241/1e278c8d33-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000241/1e278c8d33-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_St_Barnabas,_Irvington,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_St_Barnabas,_Irvington,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13001095","name":"Irvington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/irvington-historic-district-13001095/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322985","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Barnabas_(Irvington,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117201"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/church-of-st-barnabas-00000241/"}