{"nrhp_refnum":"06000648","name":"St. Augustine's Episcopal Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6 Old Post Rd. N","address_restricted":false,"city":"Croton-on-Hudson","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.208325038000055,"lon":-73.88648710999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Episcopal church complex at 6 Old Post Road North in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, made up of an 1857 brick Gothic Revival church, an 1882 parish hall joined to it by an enclosed hyphen, a 1910 Colonial Revival rectory, and a baptismal font.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the church as a noteworthy local example of vernacular Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture, influenced by the Ecclesiological movement and the church designs of Richard Upjohn. It is one of few identified surviving local buildings with load-bearing walls of locally produced brick. The complex retains a high level of physical integrity and a prominent, intact setting.","narrative":"St. Augustine's Episcopal Church Complex occupies a flat, landscaped corner lot in Croton-on-Hudson, near the Hudson River. Its oldest building is a brick church built in 1857 by Tarrytown builder Seth Bird on land deeded by Phillip G. Van Wyck. The church has a steeply pitched roof, a wooden bell cote, pointed-arch windows with stained-glass lozenges, and a brownstone watertable. It was modeled on the Chapel of Christ in Sleepy Hollow, another Bird building. A parish hall of matching design was added in 1882 and linked to the church by an enclosed hyphen. A Colonial Revival rectory followed in 1910, with a brick first story and a shingled upper story. The complex was listed for its architecture. The church reflects mid-19th-century Episcopal design influenced by Richard Upjohn and is notable for its load-bearing local brick walls. Apart from changes inside the parish hall, the buildings have changed little, and the complex remains in religious use.","period_of_significance":"1857-1910","architect_builder":"Bird, Seth; builder","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Gothic Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; the rectory houses meeting rooms, a parish thrift shop, offices and Sunday school classrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.825873-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000648.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000648/b29809a169-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000648/b29809a169-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrotonNY_StAugustinesChurch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrotonNY_StAugustinesChurch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323227","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine%27s_Episcopal_Church_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7587155"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/st-augustines-episcopal-church-complex-06000648/"}