{"nrhp_refnum":"01001508","name":"St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex","other_names":["Church of Saints Peter and John Complex"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"169 Genesee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Auburn","county":"Cayuga County","state":"NY","lat":42.92987182100006,"lon":-76.57121461399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival Episcopal church complex at 169 Genesee Street in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. The church was built 1868-1870 to designs by Henry Dudley, and the complex includes a circa 1930 parish house and two burial plots.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a distinctive example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture in central New York, reflecting New York Ecclesiological Society principles and the work of architect Henry Dudley. It is also significant for its ties to Auburn's settlement and growth and to the expansion of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. The site holds the parish's third building, on the ground of its original 1812 church, and a burial plot containing Governor Enos T. Throop.","narrative":"Saints Peter and John, historically St. Peter's Episcopal Church, occupies a corner of West Genesee and James Streets in Auburn, New York. The limestone Gothic Revival church was built from 1868 to 1870 to designs by English-born architect Henry Dudley. It has a long clerestoried nave with side aisles, a transept, a chancel, and an offset bell tower topped by a slender spire. Stained glass from 1870 fills the rose window and aisle windows. The complex also includes a limestone parish house of about 1930 by William Beardsley and two burial plots. One plot holds Governor Enos T. Throop. The cemetery east of the church contains early nineteenth-century graves of Auburn settlers. The church is the parish's third building on a site first used for a frame church around 1812. It was listed for its architecture, which follows Ecclesiological principles of English-inspired design adapted to American congregations, and for its link to Auburn's growth and the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York.","period_of_significance":"circa 1812-1930","architect_builder":"Dudley, Henry: architect, Saint Peters; Beardsley, William: architect, Parish House","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Gothic Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is still religious facility and cemetery; the form reports a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.190401-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001508.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001508/e6f4000ebc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001508/e6f4000ebc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peters_Episcopal_Church_Complex_May_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peters_Episcopal_Church_Complex_May_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312202","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Episcopal_Church_Complex_(Auburn,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591379"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cayuga-county/st-peters-episcopal-church-complex-01001508/"}