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Thanksgiving, which was added in 1952. The nursery school wing, designed by the firm of Rogers & Butler, was added in 1957–1958 and contains classrooms for Christ's Church Nursery School and offices for clergy and
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Pritchard died the following year and was succeeded by the Rev. George
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Revival style by Florentine Pelletier and consecrated on 19 June 1869 by the Rt. Rev.
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Captain Joseph Theall at which two churchwardens and eight vestrymen were elected. After a period of political turmoil during which Rye briefly rejoined Connecticut, Colonel
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and other parishes in the area, turned his attention to Rye. In 1704 the
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from 1814 to 1841, and the Rt. Rev. Chauncey Bunce
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606:1763–1764: Rev. Ebenezer Punderson
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