{"nrhp_refnum":"77001135","name":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Race and Susquehanna Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jim Thorpe","county":"Carbon County","state":"PA","lat":40.86289140550005,"lon":-75.73899682758663,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-07-26","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1987-12-23","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival church in Jim Thorpe (formerly Mauch Chunk), Carbon County, Pennsylvania, built in 1869 to designs by Richard Upjohn. It has an 1887 annex, the Sarah Packer Memorial Building.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the church as one of Pennsylvania's outstanding late Gothic Revival churches, noted for its adaptation to a difficult mountainside site and its lavish interior with Tiffany glass and a Caen stone reredos. It also links the church to railroad magnate Asa Packer, a vestryman and benefactor, and to the prosperity of Mauch Chunk in the anthracite era.","narrative":"Built in 1869 to designs by Richard Upjohn, St. Mark's Episcopal Church stands in the mountains of Jim Thorpe, formerly Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. Its Latin cross plan has a square crenellated bell tower set into the angle of nave and transept, topped by an octagonal stair turret. Walls of coursed dressed stone carry red stone trim, and lancet windows and tracery light the interior. The church is built into the rock of the adjacent mountain. Its interior holds Gothic rib vaults, English Minton tile floors, a Caen stone reredos modeled on the one at Windsor Castle, walnut pews, and stained glass largely by Louis Tiffany of New York. The church is regarded as one of the finest late Gothic Revival churches in Pennsylvania. Railroad magnate Asa Packer, who served as a vestryman for forty-four years, helped fund the church and its 1887 annex. The building reflects the wealth of the anthracite and rail era in Mauch Chunk.","period_of_significance":"1847-1869","architect_builder":"Richard Upjohn (architect)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Original site; condition marked excellent; altered","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.852473-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001135.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001135/b013319ff2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001135/b013319ff2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Jim_Thorpe,_PA_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Jim_Thorpe,_PA_01.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77001134","name":"Old Mauch Chunk Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/old-mauch-chunk-historic-district-77001134/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995968","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589940"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/carbon-county/st-marks-episcopal-church-77001135/"}