{"nrhp_refnum":"00000583","name":"St. James Chapel","other_names":["All Souls Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. side of Main St., 250 ft. N. of Stony Brook Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookhaven","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.91576406300004,"lon":-73.14681237299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wood-frame Episcopal chapel on the east side of Main Street in the hamlet of Stony Brook, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, built in 1889 to a design by Stanford White. It is now known as All Souls Episcopal Church.","why_significant":"The chapel is argued to be a highly intact, distinctive example of the late nineteenth century tradition of wood-framed, wood-clad churches in then-rural Long Island, and the work of the prominent architect Stanford White. It also represents Stony Brook's transition from an agricultural and maritime economy to a resort and retreat setting favored by affluent New York City residents and artists.","narrative":"Perched on a rise above Main Street in Stony Brook, this small shingled chapel was built in 1889 for the congregation of St. James Episcopal Church, which commissioned it from architect Stanford White, a church member who also had a summer home nearby. Though modest in size, it holds the parts of a much larger church: narthex, nave, chancel, sacristy and organ chamber. Its gabled form is accented by an open arcaded porch, cross gables and an octagonal bell tower, with a steeple rebuilt exactly after lightning destroyed the original. Inside, slender wooden arches support an open roof. A German-made stained-glass window and an 1855 tracker organ, moved from the earlier church, remain in place. The chapel was named All Souls Episcopal Church in 1952. It is recognized as an intact example of Long Island's wood-clad churches, as a work of Stanford White, and as a reminder of Stony Brook's growth as a resort community around 1890.","period_of_significance":"1889","architect_builder":"White, Stanford E.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as All Souls Episcopal Church; the tracker organ is regularly used for services and is being restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.6008-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000583.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000583/07dde682fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000583/07dde682fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JiriMatejicek","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stony_Brook_NY_St_James_Chapel.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">JiriMatejicek</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:Stony_Brook_NY_St_James_Chapel.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322266","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Chapel_(Stony_Brook,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/st-james-chapel-00000583/"}