{"nrhp_refnum":"11000291","name":"Christ Church","other_names":["Christ Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"416 Valentine Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sparkill","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.031869038000025,"lon":-73.92619754399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-05-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Christ Church (Christ Episcopal Church) is a stone Gothic Revival church at 416 Valentine Avenue in Sparkill, Rockland County, New York, first built in 1864-65, with an associated parish house and stone gateposts.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a largely intact example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical design in Rockland County. It was designed by Charles Babcock, a former partner in Richard Upjohn's office, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects and first dean of architecture at Cornell. Its design combines the 1860s building with later additions, and it is listed under Criterion C.","narrative":"Christ Church is a stone Gothic Revival church in the hamlet of Sparkill, Rockland County, New York. Its earliest portion was built in 1864-65 to designs by Charles Babcock, a former partner in Richard Upjohn's architectural office who later became the first dean of architecture at Cornell University. The original building was a modest nave and chancel of bluestone rubble. It replaced an informal worship space used by the congregation since 1847. Over time the church gained transepts, a bell tower begun in 1892 and raised around 1900, a stone entrance porch with a rose window, and a cloister along the north side. A mansard-roofed parish house and stone gateposts complete the property. Inside, open scissor-truss roof framing, oak pews and wainscoting, and stained glass from several periods survive. The church is valued as a largely intact Gothic Revival example in the county, shaped by Ecclesiological ideas drawn from medieval English parish churches, with a significant period running from about 1864 to 1910.","period_of_significance":"c. 1864-c. 1910","architect_builder":"Babcock, Charles; architect (1864-65 section)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Gothic Revival; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in religious use as a church; the form describes the building as largely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.61376-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11000291.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000291/09d98430e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000291/09d98430e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHRIST_CHURCH,_SPARKILL,_ROCKLAND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:CHRIST_CHURCH,_SPARKILL,_ROCKLAND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321428","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_(Sparkill,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091464"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/christ-church-11000291/"}