{"nrhp_refnum":"08000595","name":"Calvary Episcopal Church (former)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1101 Howard Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.09684210000006,"lon":-75.23025957899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former Episcopal church at 1101 Howard Avenue in the Corn Hill neighborhood of Utica, Oneida County, New York, built in 1870-1872 in the Gothic Revival style. It is a stone building with a cruciform plan and a corner tower.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinguished and substantially intact example of Late Victorian English Gothic church architecture in Utica. It reflects the Ecclesiological ideals favored by Episcopalians after the Civil War. It is also noted for its memorial stained glass windows, installed circa 1872-1890.","narrative":"Built between 1870 and 1872 at Howard Avenue and South Street in Utica's Corn Hill neighborhood, this stone church was designed for an Episcopal mission congregation founded in 1850. English-born builder Thomas Birt prepared the original scheme, and New York City architect Henry M. Congdon refined and executed it. The building follows English parish church models of the late Middle Ages, with an asymmetrical cruciform plan, quarry-faced trap rock walls, buttresses, a 15-foot rose window and a corner tower with an open belfry and steeple. Inside, carved posts and Gothic arches support a hammer-beam and timber-truss ceiling. Memorial stained glass windows, installed circa 1872-1890, are also considered notable. The Episcopal congregation ended services in 1995, and the original organ and furnishings were sold off. Since the late 1990s an Italo-Greek Orthodox congregation has used the church as a cathedral, and it was listed for its architectural significance.","period_of_significance":"1870-circa 1890","architect_builder":"Thomas Birt (architect); Henry M. Congdon (architect)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacated by its Episcopal congregation in 1995; since the late 1990s it has been used as the Cathedral of the Theotokos of Great Grace by an Italo-Greek Orthodox congregation. The original pews, organ and furniture were sold.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.341165-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000595.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000595/188e743f2c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000595/188e743f2c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calvary_Episcopal_Church,_Utica,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</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:Calvary_Episcopal_Church,_Utica,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320177","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary_Episcopal_Church_(Utica,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5024183"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/calvary-episcopal-church-former-08000595/"}