{"nrhp_refnum":"83001700","name":"St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church","other_names":["St. George's Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"800 Marcy Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.686088977000054,"lon":-73.94777767799997,"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 red brick Victorian Gothic church with a Sunday school building, at 800 Marcy Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, built 1887-88 to designs by Richard Michell Upjohn, with the Sunday school added in 1889.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it among the finest Victorian Gothic churches in New York City. It is a sophisticated use of polychrome stone and brick, with unusual and eccentric forms such as an entry porch with squat columns and a polygonal checkerboard tower. It is also a late example of the style by Upjohn, a leading exponent, and remains a visual and historic anchor in the community.","narrative":"St. George's Episcopal Church at 800 Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood is a red brick church with light stone trim, designed by Richard Michell Upjohn and built in 1887-88. Its cruciform plan, banded pointed-arched openings, Greek crosses on the gables and an entry porch on squat columns show the polychrome Victorian Gothic style. The most distinctive feature is a polygonal tower with a checkerboard pattern of brick and stone that serves as a chimney. Inside are an open-beamed Georgia pine roof, original ash pews seating about 800 people, and Tiffany Studios windows in the transepts. A small Sunday school building from 1889 stands beside the church. The parish began in 1868 under the Rev. Alvah Guion and took its present name in 1873. Upjohn's design is considered a strikingly original late example of its style. As the neighborhood changed, the original congregation stayed, and the church remains a visual and historic anchor.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"R. M. Upjohn (Richard Michell Upjohn)","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use by its original congregation; the interior retains its integrity and is well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.86724-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001700.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001700/d8ce6e0403-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001700/d8ce6e0403-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Prot_Episc_Ch_800_Marcy_Av_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:George_Prot_Episc_Ch_800_Marcy_Av_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318523","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s_Protestant_Episcopal_Church_(Brooklyn)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588159"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/st-georges-protestant-episcopal-church-83001700/"}