{"nrhp_refnum":"83001771","name":"Grace Episcopal Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15515 Jamaica Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.70412352400007,"lon":-73.80165885099996,"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 Gothic Revival sandstone Episcopal church with a surrounding graveyard and a 1912 parish house (Grace Memorial House), at 155-15 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York. The present church was built in 1861-62 and is the third church on the site.","why_significant":"Grace Church is one of the first Episcopal parishes in the country and the oldest on Long Island, founded in 1702. The 1861-62 church by Dudley Field is an outstanding example of English County Gothic design, and the Cady, Berg & See chancel was added in 1901-02. The graveyard holds the remains of prominent New York families, including Rufus King.","narrative":"Grace Episcopal Church in Jamaica, Queens, is a rough-cut sandstone Gothic Revival church set in a landscaped churchyard of small tombstones. Dudley Field designed it in 1861-62, after fire destroyed the previous building on New Year's Day 1861. A tower with a buttressed base and octagonal broached spire stands beside the entrance, and pointed-arch windows alternate with stepped buttresses along the nave. The firm of Cady, Berg & See added the chancel in 1901-02, and Grace Memorial House, a Tudor Gothic brick parish house, followed in 1912. The parish dates to 1702 and is among the earliest Episcopal congregations in the country and the oldest on Long Island. Its first church was completed in 1734 on land deeded by the widow of Colonel Caleb Heathcote. The graveyard contains the burials of notable families, including Rufus King, a Federalist statesman, and his son Charles. The churchyard gives the site a rural character amid a busy commercial district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Dudley Field; Cady, Berg & See","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (English County Gothic); parish house in Tudor Gothic style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use. A recent fire damaged parts of the parish house interior but left the exterior unaffected.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.944831-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001771.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001771/f58c6cb387-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001771/f58c6cb387-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Episcopal_Church,_Queens_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Episcopal_Church,_Queens_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321094","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Episcopal_Church_Complex_(Queens)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5591154"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/grace-episcopal-church-complex-83001771/"}