{"nrhp_refnum":"80002762","name":"St. Paul's Memorial Church and Rectory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"225 St. Paul","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.632077656000035,"lon":-74.07905099199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Victorian Gothic stone church and rectory at 225 St. Paul's Avenue on Staten Island, New York, begun in 1866 and designed by architect Edward T. Potter, with an auxiliary chapel added in 1889.","why_significant":"The church and rectory are presented as outstanding examples of High Victorian Gothic design, built of local traprock with brownstone trim. They are among only four surviving New York City buildings by Edward T. Potter, a prominent 19th-century architect. Their harmonious setting and picturesque details suit the rural character of the Stapleton area.","narrative":"Set on a hill on Staten Island with a view of the Narrows, St. Paul's Memorial Church and its rectory form a matched pair of Victorian Gothic buildings. Both are built of rough-faced Staten Island traprock with russet Connecticut brownstone trim, giving a subdued two-tone appearance. The church, begun in 1866 and consecrated in 1870, has broad gabled ends, buttressed side walls, a rose window and banded arches. A planned tower was never built. A smaller chapel was attached in 1889. The rectory, completed by 1870, has a five-sided projecting wing, oriel windows, steep roofs and traprock chimneys. Edward T. Potter designed both main buildings. Judge Albert Ward donated the church in memory of his sister, Mary Mann Ward. Potter trained under Richard Upjohn, and these are among only four of his surviving works in New York City. The buildings were recognized for their design quality, local materials and harmonious setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Edward T. Potter","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as private, occupied, religious use; roof slates replaced by asphalt shingles and lower part of the east window damaged by a storm and concealed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.275892-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002762.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002762/9fc3f631d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002762/9fc3f631d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Staten_Island_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Staten_Island_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321401","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Memorial_Church_(Staten_Island)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591166"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/st-pauls-memorial-church-and-rectory-80002762/"}