{"nrhp_refnum":"80002589","name":"St. Ann's Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"295 St. Ann's Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.80850004000007,"lon":-73.91715573999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fieldstone Gothic Revival parish church with adjoining parish house, Sunday school/gym building and graveyard at 295 St. Ann's Avenue in the Bronx, New York. The church was erected in 1840 by Gouverneur Morris as a family memorial, and the parish house was added in 1916.","why_significant":"The church is described as an outstanding example of a simple Gothic Revival parish church and the oldest surviving church building in the Bronx. It is nominated for national significance because of its ties to the Morris family, whose members contributed to the American Revolution and the early republic. The crypts and graveyard hold the remains of Morris family members, including a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Gouverneur Morris who helped frame the Constitution.","narrative":"Set in a grassy, iron-fenced yard on St. Ann's Avenue, this Bronx parish complex centers on a small fieldstone church built in 1840. Gouverneur Morris erected it as a family memorial on a field that already held his parents' burial vault. The cruciform building combines simple Gothic Revival forms, with pointed-arch windows framed in brick, and a Greek Revival vernacular tower topped by an octagonal belfry and spire. Two fires in the late 1960s damaged the interior and tower, and the interior was later restored. A Gothic-style parish house was added in 1916, beside a Sunday school and gym building, and a graveyard with the Morris family crypt lies near the street. The church is called the oldest surviving church building in the Bronx. Its importance rests largely on the Morris family, who held land in the area from 1670 and gave Morrisania its name. Family members buried here include a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the statesman Gouverneur Morris. The church still serves as a parish church.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival with Greek Revival vernacular tower","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still serves as a parish church; the interior was restored after two fires in the late 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.532-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002589.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002589/afdfab0ad7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002589/afdfab0ad7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Ann%27s_Episcopal_Church_Bronx_2012-09-10_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">jim.henderson</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._Ann%27s_Episcopal_Church_Bronx_2012-09-10_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316519","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ann%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Bronx)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7586962"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/st-anns-church-complex-80002589/"}