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St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church

Yonkers, US

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, commonly known as St. John's Church, Getty Square, is a historic Episcopal church located at 1 Hudson Street in the Getty Square neighborhood of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. The complex includes the main church, in addition to a chapel, rectory, and

school. The original church was constructed in 1752 by Frederick Philipse III, the third lord of Philipsburg Manor, a short distance from the family Manor Hall. It was built of locally quarried rough gray fieldstone, accented with red-brick quoins. In 1791, the roof, interior woodwork, and steeple of the church were destroyed by a fire. The building was renovated the next year and consecrated as St John’s Church, Philipsburgh; this was the first time the name was used. As Yonkers was growing and becoming an industrial city, an extension was added to the building in 1849. Still, a much larger church building was needed for the growing congregation. The church was significantly rebuilt and enlarged in 1874 by architect Edward Tuckerman Potter. At the insistence of the church vestry, he incorporated into the new design elements of the old one: one wall of the old church was preserved and built...

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