{"nrhp_refnum":"01000550","name":"St. Matthew's Episcopal Church","other_names":["St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and Close"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"85-45 96th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodhaven","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.69614771400006,"lon":-73.84915688299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-building Episcopal church complex at 85-45 96th Street in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, made up of a stone church (1927), a parish hall (1907) and a rectory (1915) arranged in a U around a grassy close.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an outstanding example of Late Gothic Revival design inspired by English rural Gothic churches, with a notable collection of stained glass. The parish hall and rectory show the early growth of the parish. The complex also served as a community hub, hosting civic groups, Sunday schools and scout troops in the Brooklyn Manor section of Woodhaven.","narrative":"St. Matthew's Episcopal Church is a small complex on 96th Street in Woodhaven, Queens, where a stone church, a parish hall and a rectory form a U around a grassy close. The church was built in 1927 to designs by parish member Robert F. Schirmer and replaced a frame church of 1901. It has a tall clerestoried nave, side aisles with buttresses, a battlemented bell tower and walls of quarry-faced gneiss with terra-cotta trim. Inside, it holds an important collection of stained glass, including the large 1927 Glorious Resurrection window, along with carved altar woodwork. The 1907 parish hall and the 1915 Dutch Colonial Revival rectory record the early years of the parish. For many years the church was the only one in the Brooklyn Manor section of Woodhaven. Its hall hosted civic and benevolent groups, Sunday schools and scout troops, and it remains a community gathering place.","period_of_significance":"1907-1927","architect_builder":"Robert F. Schirmer (architect) of Schirmer & Schmidt; Henry Bereau (builder) of Fraser & Bereau","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival; Dutch Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church; the rectory continues as the pastor's residence and the facilities host community groups. The parish hall and rectory have vinyl siding and replacement windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.564146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000550.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000550/d8101e4aa3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000550/d8101e4aa3-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints_(formerly_St._Matthew%27s)_Episcopal_Church,_Woodhaven_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints_(formerly_St._Matthew%27s)_Episcopal_Church,_Woodhaven_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Queens)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/st-matthews-episcopal-church-01000550/"}