{"nrhp_refnum":"76001249","name":"St. George's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3rd Ave. and E. 16th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.734391784500076,"lon":-73.9850387301357,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-08","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-12-08","areas_of_significance":["Black","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. George's Episcopal Church is a Romanesque-style brownstone church complex with a chapel and parsonage on East 16th Street at Rutherford Place, facing Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan. Construction ran from 1846 to 1856.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant for its association with Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949), who was soloist at the church for more than 40 years. Burleigh was a composer, arranger and singer who brought the Negro spiritual to classical concert audiences. The church is also described as a fine example of Romanesque architecture.","narrative":"Rising on the west side of Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan, St. George's Episcopal Church is a brownstone Romanesque complex of church, chapel and parsonage designed by Blesch and Edlitz. The cornerstone was laid in 1846, services began in 1848, and the building was finished in 1856. A fire in 1865 destroyed part of it, and it was rebuilt to the original plan and reopened in 1867. The spires were declared unsafe and removed in 1889. The church is remembered for its link to Harry T. Burleigh, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1866. He won the baritone soloist post in 1894 and held it for fifty-two years. There he developed his career as a composer and arranger, and his settings of spirituals such as Deep River brought the music to concert audiences. The congregation supported his annual vesper program of spirituals. The church was recognized for this association with Afro-American musical history.","period_of_significance":"1908-1948 at St. George's","architect_builder":"Blesch and Edlitz","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Maintained in very good condition; exterior and interior restored in 1964 and chapel restored in the mid-1960s, though the congregation has dwindled and economic reverses are a concern.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.826393-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001249_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001249/507e5bbe59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001249/507e5bbe59-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St-george-episcopal.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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-george-episcopal.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315956","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2811842"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-georges-episcopal-church-76001249/"}