{"nrhp_refnum":"03000598","name":"St. Peter's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"137 N. Division St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peekskill","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.292630589000055,"lon":-73.91890207699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Neo-Gothic Revival granite church complex at 137 North Division Street in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, built in 1891 to designs by Richard M. Upjohn, with an attached lych gate, a bell tower, a former parsonage and a parish hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a fine regional example of late Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture in Westchester County. Its stone construction, Gothic arches, offset tower and exposed truss interior typify the style, based on the simpler English parish church. The complex retains a high degree of historic integrity.","narrative":"Located at the corner of North Division and Howard Streets in Peekskill, this church complex centers on a granite Gothic Revival church completed in 1891 and designed by New York architect Richard M. Upjohn. It replaced an 1838 wooden church, which had itself replaced an eighteenth-century Continental storehouse. The church has a slate roof, five shallow-arched windows along each side, and an interior of dark wood with exposed trusses and twelve stained glass windows. A lych gate and a crenelated 60-foot bell tower were added in 1905. Around a central courtyard stand the brick Howard House, built about 1827 as a residence and later the rectory, and the stucco Tudor-style Frost Memorial Parish House of 1913. The chancel was remodeled in 1926 under Hobart B. Upjohn. The property was listed for its architecture, as a regional example of a simplified English parish church design, and it retains a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"c. 1827 - 1934","architect_builder":"Upjohn, Richard M.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a church; the former parsonage now houses church offices and the parish hall includes day-care classrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.858336-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000598.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000598/90ba3cb66e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000598/90ba3cb66e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peter%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Peekskill,_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:St_Peter%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Peekskill,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000095","name":"Peekskill Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/peekskill-downtown-historic-district-04000095/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323245","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Peekskill,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/st-peters-episcopal-church-03000598/"}