{"nrhp_refnum":"88000463","name":"St. Peter's Episcopal Church and Rectory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36--38 W. Campbell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blairsville","county":"Indiana County","state":"PA","lat":40.43213266400005,"lon":-79.26380263199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Peter's Episcopal Church and Rectory is a church and adjoining rectory on adjacent lots in Blairsville's Old Town, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The one-story brick church was built in 1830 and the two and one half story wood rectory was erected in 1889, the two being joined by a breezeway.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be most important for its Gothic Revival design, described as an outstanding example of its style in Indiana County. The rectory is regarded as secondarily important as a representative late nineteenth century vernacular house with Queen Anne and pattern-book ornament. The complex is presented as a fine example of early Gothic Revival architecture and a good example of the county's late nineteenth century vernacular building.","narrative":"Built of brick in 1830 in Blairsville, the small one-story St. Peter's Episcopal Church has a front gable, a belfry, pointed-arch stained glass windows and a rose window dating from the 1890s. Robert Gregory began construction in 1830, and the first service was held November 14, 1830. The parish grew with Pennsylvania Railroad employees in the late nineteenth century, and the 1890s remodeling left a ceiling of Georgia pine, oak altar furnishings and pews from 1896. Beside it stands the rectory, a 1889 wood building with clapboard siding, cantilevered second stories and Eastlake and Queen Anne details. The church is regarded as an outstanding example of Gothic Revival design in Indiana County, and the rectory is a representative example of vernacular housing influenced by high-style and pattern-book designs.","period_of_significance":"1830-1889","architect_builder":"Robert Gregory (builder)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival; Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"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 17:11:35.939294-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000463.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000463/7e8c726ab0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000463/7e8c726ab0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lee Dunlap","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Peter%27s_Episcopal_Church_of_Blairsville,_Pennsylvania.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Dunlap</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:St._Peter%27s_Episcopal_Church_of_Blairsville,_Pennsylvania.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994700","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Episcopal_Church_and_Rectory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591381"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/indiana-county/st-peters-episcopal-church-and-rectory-88000463/"}