{"nrhp_refnum":"100012060","name":"St. Peter's Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"619 Lexington Avenue","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.758736000000056,"lon":-73.97038799999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2025-08-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Peter's Church is an Episcopal church at 107 State Street, Albany, New York, on the corner of State and Lodge Streets. It is the third church on the site, with its cornerstone laid in 1859 and a 180-foot stone tower.","why_significant":"The church was designed by Richard Upjohn, architect of Trinity Church and St. Thomas Church in New York City, and is described as a significant architectural monument in downtown Albany. Apart from the vestry room and tower added in 1876, it follows his original designs. The congregation traces back to 1704 and has hosted New York governors from colonial times to the present.","narrative":"St. Peter's Church stands at State and Lodge Streets in downtown Albany, New York, and is the congregation's third building on the site. The parish dates to 1704, when Queen Anne established a chapel for missionary work among the Onondagas. A church was built in 1715, one of the first Anglican churches north of New York City, and was replaced in 1803 by a design from architect Phillip Hooker. The present building, begun with a foundation stone laid on June 29, 1859, was designed by Richard Upjohn. Its walls are Schenectady blue-stone and New Jersey sandstone, with a slate gable roof, black walnut interior finish and a tower about 180 feet tall added in 1876. Stained glass includes the Weaver Window by Burne-Jones, made by the William Morris Company, and chancel windows by Clayton and Bell. A contemporary critic ranked it among Upjohn's most successful churches. It has been a place of worship for New York governors since colonial times.","period_of_significance":"1859","architect_builder":"Richard Upjohn (architect); later materials also mention his son Richard M. Upjohn","architectural_style":"Modified basilican plan; later described as French Gothic design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good, occupied, in religious use; interior restoration began in 1964.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.842617-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000817.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100012060/a4bd884985-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100012060/a4bd884985-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Chris06","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peter%27s_Lutheran_Church_(Manhattan)_(5).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris06</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:St_Peter%27s_Lutheran_Church_(Manhattan)_(5).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316351","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Lutheran_Church_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107641696"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-peters-church-100012060/"}