{"nrhp_refnum":"03000090","name":"Church of the Resurrection","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"85-09 118th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kew Gardens, Borough of Queens","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.882269363000034,"lon":-73.82959581999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An Episcopal church complex at 85-09 118th Street in the Kew Gardens section of Richmond Hill, Queens, New York. It includes the church, a 1888 rectory and a 1954 garage. The present stone church is a 1904 enlargement of an 1874 wood-frame chapel.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be an outstanding example of early twentieth-century Episcopal design in Tudor Revival and Late Gothic Revival styles, by architect Nathaniel W. Vickers. It is also tied to Jacob A. Riis, the social reformer, photographer and writer, who worshipped here from 1900 to 1912. It is described as the only remaining building in Richmond Hill that represents his productive years.","narrative":"Church of the Resurrection is an Episcopal church on the corner of 118th Street and 85th Avenue in Kew Gardens, part of Richmond Hill, Queens. It began as the first organized religious body in the area, and a small Gothic Revival board-and-batten chapel designed by Henry Dudley opened in 1874. In 1904 architect Nathaniel W. Vickers enclosed that wooden building within a much larger structure of rough quarry-faced stone, with a half-timbered and stucco front gable, a copper-clad bell tower and a tall nave seating about 400. The 1874 cornerstone remains inside the narthex. Later additions include Cummings Hall in 1923 and the Lady Chapel in 1944. A Queen Anne rectory from 1888 sits on the property. The church is also linked to Jacob Riis, the reformer and photographer, who lived nearby and was a parishioner from 1900 to 1912. A memorial window for his wife, Elisabeth Riis, is in the north aisle. His house no longer stands.","period_of_significance":"1904-1944","architect_builder":"Nathaniel W. Vickers (Collin & Vickers) for the 1904 expansion; Henry Dudley, architect, and Abraham Van Dien, contractor, for the 1874 church; Niles Pederson for the 1888 rectory","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne (rectory); Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Tudor Revival/Late Gothic Revival (church)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The church is described as in good condition with no structural deterioration. The rectory is unoccupied and in general disrepair, with peeling siding.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.659442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000090.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000090/abdc38a50b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000090/abdc38a50b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_the_Resurrection_(Queens,_New_York)_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</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_the_Resurrection_(Queens,_New_York)_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321066","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Resurrection_(Queens)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118037"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/church-of-the-resurrection-03000090/"}