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John W. Priest

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Priest was one of only five architects approved by the New-York Ecclesiological Society. His work is limited because of his early death in 1859, not because he was an unimportant architect. He mentored architect Henry M. Congdon, who had an extensive and well-documented career in church architecture
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after Priest's death. The churches designed by Priest exhibit the high standards with careful proportions and detail espoused by the Ecclesiological Society. Additionally, several of his surviving works have been listed on the United States
151:. Priest had been previously associated with the Society, and wrote a series of influential articles on architecture in its journal in 1849 and 1850. Priest practiced architecture in Balmville until his death in 1859. 346: 143:, though he also kept a business office in New York City. In 1852 Priest was included on a short list of architects approved by the New York Ecclesiological Society, an organization based on the 327: 662: 667: 260: 89: 333: 275: 204: 214: 85: 637: 362: 368: 239: 647: 642: 192: 167: 108: 155:(1834-1922) was a student of Priest from 1854, and succeeded to the practice after his death. Also associated with Priest was 250: 124: 313:, without naming them. It also indicates he was a prolific designer of houses, but of these only Eagle's Nest is known. 353: 254: 232: 160: 400:, but construction stopped in 1853. Priest threw out the original design and completed the building to his own. 279: 144: 337: 208: 132: 128: 397: 657: 652: 410: 225: 372: 268: 243: 136: 286: 264: 156: 140: 131:, graduating in 1845. His architectural training is unknown, though he had some association with 93: 60: 565: 512: 306: 152: 178:
Priest was consistently in poor health, necessitating his residence and practice away from
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The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture: An Episode in Taste, 1840-1856
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St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church NRHP Registration Form
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Anglicans in North Jersey: The Episcopal Diocese of Newark
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In 1857, Priest was one of the founding members of the
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He died July 24, 1859, at the age of 33. 96:, designed by Priest and completed in 1860. 18: 606:St. Thomas' Church NRHP Registration Form 542:, North Carolina Architects and Builders. 454: 452: 450: 107:from New York and founding member of the 552:St. Luke's Church NRHP Registration Form 159:(1828-1908), later a noted architect in 489:Richard Upjohn: Architect and Churchman 426: 389: 323: 566:Pittsfield: Gem City in the Gilded Age 530:(Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2009) 434: 432: 430: 569:(Charleston: History Press, 2008): 22 7: 444:6, no. 9 (September, 1859): 288-289. 193:National Register of Historic Places 638:American ecclesiastical architects 14: 515:, Manhattanville College Library. 476:Historic Building Detail: GBR.268 103:(1825-1859) was a noted American 648:Architects from New York (state) 643:19th-century American architects 513:Edward Allen Jennings Collection 361: 352:St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 345: 326: 168:American Institute of Architects 109:American Institute of Architects 540:St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 334:St. Michael's Episcopal Church 317:Gallery of architectural works 215:St. Michael's Episcopal Church 205:St. Michael's Episcopal Church 1: 278:, 14300 St Thomas Church Rd, 396:Begun in 1851 to designs by 276:St. Thomas' Episcopal Church 369:St. Luke's Episcopal Church 261:St. John's Episcopal Church 240:St. Luke's Episcopal Church 90:St. John's Episcopal Church 684: 354:Goldsboro, North Carolina 255:Pittsfield, Massachusetts 233:Goldsboro, North Carolina 161:Pittsfield, Massachusetts 280:Upper Marlboro, Maryland 593:Look Again in Baltimore 474:Biographical detail in 409:Replaced a building by 221:(1854, demolished 1890) 145:Ecclesiological Society 398:Niernsee & Neilson 338:Reisterstown, Maryland 209:Reisterstown, Maryland 207:(former), Academy Ln, 133:Andrew Jackson Downing 97: 129:Hartford, Connecticut 88: 411:Robert Cary Long Jr. 282:(1858–59, NRHP 2000) 271:(1858–60, NRHP 1974) 246:(1857–59, NRHP 1973) 226:Millburn, New Jersey 487:Everard M. Upjohn, 373:Baltimore, Maryland 269:Baltimore, Maryland 249:"Eagle's Nest" for 244:Baltimore, Maryland 199:Architectural works 287:Cornwall, New York 257:(1858, demolished) 242:, 217 N Carey St, 157:Charles T. Rathbun 98: 94:Waverly, Baltimore 61:Newburgh, New York 23:John Weller Priest 16:American architect 459:Phoebe B. Stanton 217:, 225 W 99th St, 211:(1853, NRHP 1979) 83: 82: 675: 622: 615: 609: 603: 597: 588: 582: 576: 570: 561: 555: 549: 543: 537: 531: 524:Philip M. Read, 522: 516: 510: 504: 498: 492: 485: 479: 472: 466: 456: 445: 436: 414: 407: 401: 394: 365: 349: 330: 153:Henry M. 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New York City
Newburgh, New York

St. John's Episcopal Church
Waverly, Baltimore
architect
American Institute of Architects
New York City
Trinity College
Hartford, Connecticut
Andrew Jackson Downing
Balmville
Newburgh
Ecclesiological Society
London
Henry M. Congdon
Charles T. Rathbun
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
American Institute of Architects
New York City
National Register of Historic Places
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Reisterstown, Maryland
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
New York City
Millburn, New Jersey
Goldsboro, North Carolina
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Baltimore, Maryland
Thomas Allen

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