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St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany, New York)

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east of the current location. Construction was delayed when the city council objected to the royal grant of land that belonged to the city. The following year the council again stopped construction when it appeared that the building had encroached on neighboring public land. Barclay and others were
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Following that, in 1790, the church and the city made a land deal. The city got from the church the land it had been on, the royal grant of which had led to such fierce opposition at the beginning of the century, which the city now needed to expand and extend State Street. In return the church got
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The original building was replaced in 1803. That building yielded to the current structure almost 60 years later, with the tower making it complete in 1876. It is often considered one of the elder Upjohn's best-known works, although his son was largely responsible for designing the tower, its most
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By 1710, Barclay was reporting back to the Society that his efforts had been successful. "A great many Dutch children, who at my first arrival were altogether ignorant of the English tongue, can distinctly say our catechism, and make the responses at prayers," he wrote. However, the Iroquois were
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In the lower three of the tower's five stages is a single narrow lancet-arched window. The shorter fourth stage has three small windows recessed behind an intricate set of smooth round columns and Gothic arches. Above them the fifth stage has corresponding narrowed 9-foot-tall (3 m)
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The surrounding neighborhood is a densely developed urban core, with other historic buildings nearby. To the east, across Lodge Street, is a modern building with a parking garage attached to its north end. North of it, across Pine Street, is the 1867
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The octagonal southeast spire has a similar window treatment to the upper stages of the tower. At the top it has a gabled hood above it. The conical roof ends in a double Dutch cross 60 feet (18 m) above the rest of the tower.
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In 1731 the church was damaged by a fire; it was repaired in two weeks. It was one of several that led the city council to improve the city's firefighting capability over the next several years. Thomas Barclay's son Henry became
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in the apex topped by a cross. It is flanked by two small miniature versions set on stone pillars. At the corners octagonal stone spires rise, with round smooth columns supporting gables that rise to a conical roof with a folial
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visited Albany in 1749 during one of his travels in North America. He noted St. Peter's as one of the city's distinctive buildings, referring to it in his writings as the "English church." It was distinguished from the
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that it was difficult to understand him." John Milne was sent from England; he formally succeeded Barclay in 1728. Next year he reported that the church had at least 100 regular congregants, with more coming at
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was reported as having considered whether to build another house of worship for workers on the waterfront. This reflected the city's growing population and industrialization as a result of the opening of the
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Barclay continued to serve as the church's rector until he became ill in the mid-1720s. A letter requesting an assistant for him also asked that such person speak clear English as "Mr. Barclay spoke so broad
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to its west in order to raise the money. In 1822, it began seeking a builder for the steeple. Seven years later, it sold the remaining lots on the block to the city for construction of the first
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turned France's North American colonies over to the British. With no military threat remaining, the city's stockades were dismantled and it began to grow. St. Peter's applied for a charter from
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building, facing south, with a tall steeple. It was started in 1802 and completed the following year, at a cost of $ 26,767 ($ 545,000 in modern dollars). The church had to sell the three
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The church's ministries include its altar and flower guilds, as well the Sunday school teachers. Volunteers from the congregation also serve as lay eucharistic ministers,
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was built three blocks to the west, at Elk and South Swan streets, was built over the 1880s. Its original, grander plan remained incomplete; the later construction of the
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from the family of parishioner George Tweddle made it possible to complete it, and the younger Upjohn obliged. The Tweddle bequest also paid for the bells, cast at the
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settlement. But for the rest of the 17th century they otherwise left no imprint on the city's cultural life. Residents still largely spoke Dutch and attended the
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North of the church are two older buildings, one housing some city government offices. Northwest of the church are the small Corning Park and Albany's
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Facing the building on the south side is a vacant lot and some more older commercial buildings, one of which houses the local extension of the
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necessary. The citizens of Albany donated £200. Every soldier at the fort gave money, and all but one citizen of Schenectady contributed.
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Two years later, Queen Anne sent the parish a silver communion service set. Barclay began to seek out land for an actual church. In 1714
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the land where the present church and its predecessor were built, one block to the west, where the fort had long since been dismantled.
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and ushers. The church also operates, in conjunction with other Albany-area churches and the Capital City Rescue Mission, an overflow
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a quarter-mile (500 m) to the east towards the higher ground on which much of Albany's more modern development has taken place.
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An organ, the first in the church's history, was installed in 1812. It necessitated the hiring of an organist, and blowing the
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The church's tower, at the time of completion, had only been 56 feet (17 m) tall, with a temporary roof. In 1875, a
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By the late 1850s structural problems with the second church were becoming apparent. A new design was commissioned from
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and serve as one of the state of New York's first U.S. senators. After Schuyler brought Howe's body back to his home in
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A building was erected shortly after the church was established, housing it for the rest of the 18th century. In 1758,
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connects their springlines. Above them is a large rosette window with a small lancet-arched window in the gable apex.
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congregation, and like St. Peter's listed on the National Register both as a contributing property and individually.
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tribes to the north and west of the city and the British garrison. He soon established the city's first Anglican
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is offered on Sunday and Wednesday mornings. A later Sunday service alternates each week between Communion and
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granted Barclay a license to begin collecting funds for the church, and personally gave all the stone and
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After almost a century in its original home, the church had grown and was ready for a new building.
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The old church was demolished in 1859. Construction immediately began on its replacement after the
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arrested and released on bail; Hunter refused the council's request to revoke the building permit.
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on the rest of the block ensured that it will remain so. The current rector is Paul Hartt.
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was completed and opened in 1717. It was the first Anglican church in New York west of the
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A site just below the fort, at Chapel and Yonkers (today's State) streets, was chosen, one
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and a scene from the life of St. Peter below. There are smaller windows in the aisles.
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a brass rail separates the choir from the rest of the sanctuary. The altar is of
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15 years earlier. It does not appear that anything came of these discussions.
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St. Peter's is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of State (
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For much of the second quarter of the 19th century, the church's rector was
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assumed the military responsibility of protecting it against a possible
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later that year and signed by the church leadership in 1769. After the
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By 1880, the 1860 organ had seriously deteriorated. It was rebuilt by
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in a vault under the steps of the current church, the only British
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is in the base of the bell tower off the main entrance. It has a
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sensibility that had not been present in the earlier church.
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In the 1750s the city lived under threat of invasion as the
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St. Peter's has had three buildings throughout its history.
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largely either resistant to converting or in the depths of
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Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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in 1759 turned the tide of the war. Four years later, the
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Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
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distinctive feature. The interior includes some original
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Both children and adults sing in the church's 40-member
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met in convention at St. Peter's to choose a bishop and
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with a miniature version of the upper tower treatment.
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depicts two angels in front of a cross, sculpted in
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He is 804:incursion from the north via the newly renamed 753:, is on the south wall. Across the chancel the 550:in character. A small projecting main entrance 2775:Episcopal church buildings in New York (state) 1557: 1555: 1553: 1551: 1549: 1547: 1117:style for Episcopal churches with Manhattan's 2145: 1672: 1670: 1668: 738:. Above them another cross tops the reredos. 502:'s information-technology department and the 8: 368:The church was established at the behest of 2744:National Register of Historic Places Portal 1653:. J. B. Lyon company, printers. p. 183 2729: 2152: 2138: 2130: 1403:National Historic Landmark summary listing 1344: 1342: 1340: 1338: 1336: 1334: 1332: 1330: 1328: 1326: 29: 20: 16:Historic church in New York, United States 2161:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 2035:"St. Peter's Episcopal Church: About Us" 1705:Albany Architecture: A Guide to the City 1625:. J. B. Lyon company, printers. p.  1393: 1391: 711:windows. 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A Gothic stone church with a pointed facade and a tower on the right, with a smaller tower rising from its own right, seen from across a city street
Affiliation
Episcopal Church
Albany, New York
Geographic coordinates
42°39′3″N 73°45′14″W / 42.65083°N 73.75389°W / 42.65083; -73.75389
Architect(s)
Richard Upjohn
Richard M. Upjohn
Style
French Gothic
Revival
Spire
Materials
U.S.
National Historic Landmark
NRHP
NHL
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Albany
Richard Upjohn
Richard M. Upjohn
French Gothic
Revival
architectural style
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
contributing property
Downtown Albany
Historic District

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