{"nrhp_refnum":"95000722","name":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Rider Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Patchogue","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.76465123100007,"lon":-73.00864903499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of four contributing buildings on a one-and-one-half acre lot at 31 Rider Avenue in the village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York: a Stick Style frame church built in 1883, a parish hall and rectory (both 1895), and a garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the 1883 church is a good example of the Stick Style, of which relatively few examples survive on Long Island. It also reflects how New York metropolitan architectural influence reached a south shore Long Island village. The interior, with its varnished beaded sheathing and exposed decorative roof trusses, is cited as the best expression of the style.","narrative":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church Complex occupies a one-and-one-half acre lot on Rider Avenue, just south of Patchogue's main commercial district on Long Island. The wood-frame church, dedicated on December 6, 1883, was paid for by local merchant Edward Edwards, who donated the land and gave the building in memory of his wife Rebecca. It cost $12,000 and replaced the congregation's first church of 1843. Its Stick Style features include a steeply pitched gable roof, exposed decorative rafter ends and a bell tower, while the interior keeps varnished beaded sheathing, an open fret-sawn truss roof and stained glass windows. Although later shingle siding covers the original clapboards, the church is considered a worthy and uncommon Long Island example of the style. A parish hall and rectory were added in 1895; the rectory was remodeled in Colonial Revival style around 1920 when a garage was probably built. The complex was listed for its architectural significance.","period_of_significance":"1883-c. 1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Stick/Eastlake","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are both religious facility and church-related residence; the parish hall has a large modern schoolroom addition (1961) that does not contribute.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.279563-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000722.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000722/5761033234-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000722/5761033234-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_Complex_-_Patchogue-2-.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_Complex_-_Patchogue-2-.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322270","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_Complex_(Patchogue,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591133"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/st-pauls-episcopal-church-complex-95000722/"}