{"nrhp_refnum":"82003815","name":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1607--27 Locust St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.948844016000066,"lon":-75.16830790399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-19","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1985-02-04","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church is an Anglican High Church Gothic Revival church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, constructed of random brown freestone and red sandstone ashlar. The Parish House (1893, Hazlehurst and Huckle) and Lady Chapel (1899-1902, Cope and Stewardson) are later additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is one of the earliest examples of Anglican High Church Gothic revival in an urban setting in the country and remains one of the finest examples of the archeological phase of Gothic Revival in America. Its interior is described as the finest church interior of its period in the United States, and the design is credited to John Notman, one of the most distinguished 19th-century American architects.","narrative":"Built in Philadelphia from random brown freestone and red sandstone ashlar, St. Mark's Episcopal Church was designed by John Notman, a Scottish-born architect. The cornerstone was laid on April 7, 1848, and the plan follows the English High Church model of St. Stephen's, Westminster, which Notman adapted to an urban site. The church has an off-center tower and broached octagonal spire rising 90 feet above an 80-foot square base, three aisles, a chancel and a later Lady Chapel. Its unplastered walls of hammer-dressed stone and open timber roof give the interior its distinction. The building is regarded as one of the finest examples of the archeological phase of Gothic Revival in America and as a successful answer to a difficult city site. The funeral of General George Gordon Meade was held here in 1872.","period_of_significance":"1847-1852","architect_builder":"John Notman (architect)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.601324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003815_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003815/e3adb14016-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003815/e3adb14016-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Thewinners (Wiki Takes Philadelphia 2 participant)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTP2_Thewinners_IMG_1945.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thewinners (Wiki Takes Philadelphia 2 participant)</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:WTP2_Thewinners_IMG_1945.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87002203","name":"Center City West Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/center-city-west-commercial-historic-district-87002203/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994285","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Philadelphia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589946"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/st-marks-episcopal-church-82003815/"}