{"nrhp_refnum":"83001637","name":"Christ Church Complex","other_names":["Christ Church,Riverdale"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5030 Riverdale Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.89911160500003,"lon":-73.90641930499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of three buildings at 5030 Riverdale Avenue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York City: a stone parish church completed in 1866, a 1923 parish house, and an 1872 rectory, on a wooded, fenced site.","why_significant":"The church is presented as an outstanding example of ecclesiological church design by the prominent firm Upjohn & Company. Its cruciform plan, random ashlar masonry, timber roof trusses and rural setting are described as hallmarks of Upjohn parish churches. The 1923 parish house by Dwight James Baum respects the original design and reflects a second phase of parish growth.","narrative":"Set on a wooded, fenced hillside beside Riverdale Avenue in the Bronx, this church complex consists of a stone parish church, a parish house and a rectory. The church, completed in 1866 and designed by Upjohn & Company, has a cruciform plan, rock-faced local granite walls, red sandstone trim, steep slate roofs and a bell cote above the west gable. Inside, timber roof trusses, oak pews and stained glass by several makers survive largely unaltered. The design follows ecclesiological principles favoring medieval-inspired Gothic forms, and it appears to draw on St. James-the-Less in Philadelphia. Dwight James Baum designed the stone parish house in 1923, echoing the church's materials and proportions. The 1872 rectory is a modest Second Empire house given by a parishioner. Together with the landscaped grounds, the buildings preserve the rural setting that Upjohn favored for parish churches, which many comparable churches have lost.","period_of_significance":"1866","architect_builder":"Upjohn & Company","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic (ecclesiological Gothic Revival); rectory in builder's Second Empire style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a religious property; the church interior is described as essentially unaltered and in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.754826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001637.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001637/b432e66082-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001637/b432e66082-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Church,_Bronx,_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Christ_Church,_Bronx,_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316457","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_(Bronx)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108737"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/christ-church-complex-83001637/"}