{"nrhp_refnum":"78001836","name":"Church of the Holy Innocents","other_names":["Church of the Nativity of our Virgin Lady"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"275 N. Pearl St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.65860547300008,"lon":-73.74848343099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Gothic Revival Episcopal-built church with an attached chapel at 275 North Pearl Street, Albany, New York. The church was designed in 1850 and the chapel was added in 1866, with a connecting passageway built in 1897.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an example of early Gothic Revival architecture, designed by Frank Wills and showing the influence of Pugin. Its principal stained glass windows were designed and made by John Bolton and are fairly rare examples from the first phase of the American Gothic Revival. The complex also creates a rural English church atmosphere within an urban setting and recalls the mid-nineteenth-century prosperity of the area.","narrative":"Set on a corner lot at North Pearl and Colonie Streets in Albany, this small church and its adjoining chapel form a compact complex that feels like an English country parish within the city. Architect Frank Wills designed the church in 1850 in the early Gothic Revival style, showing the influence of Pugin. It is built of coursed rubble masonry with Portland stone dressings and covered by steeply pitched slate roofs. Lumber baron William DeWitt gave the building as a memorial to his four children. It served as Albany's fifth Episcopal parish in what was then a fashionable neighborhood. The chapel followed in 1866 and a passageway in 1897. The principal stained glass windows were designed and made by John Bolton, a leading nineteenth-century glass craftsman, and they survive though they need repair. Since the late 1950s the buildings have housed a Russian Orthodox congregation, which added an onion dome, icons and screens.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Frank Wills - church; Wollett and Ogden - chapel","architectural_style":"Early Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use as a Russian Orthodox church, with alterations made in the late 1950s; the Bolton windows are extant but in need of repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.222792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001836.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001836/946ec724a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001836/946ec724a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire portfolio, click here.@thatmattwade This image is protected by copyright! If you would like to use it, please read this first.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_the_Holy_Innocents.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire portfolio, click here.@thatmattwade This image is protected by copyright! If you would like to use it, please read this first.</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:Church_of_the_Holy_Innocents.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316193","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Innocents_(Albany,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117908"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/church-of-the-holy-innocents-78001836/"}