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The Church of St. James the Less is a historic Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, that was architecturally influential. As St. James-the-Less Episcopal Church, it was designated a National Historic Landmark [2] for its Gothic Revival architecture, which influenced a generation of subsequent churches.
St. James Episcopal Church (Muncy, Pennsylvania) St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia) St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Elverson, Pennsylvania)
Gothic Revival church buildings in Pennsylvania (45 P) Pages in category "Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania" The following 177 pages are in this category, out of 177 total.
The sanctuary contains a great deal of artwork from throughout the church's history. Sculptor Carl Johann Steinhauser was commissioned to create two sculptures for the church: the "Angel of the Resurrection" (also known as the Burd Children's Memorial, for three of the children of Edward Shippen Burd and Eliza Howard Sims Burd) in 1852 and the Burd Baptismal font, completed in 1857.
The church was founded in the mid-19th century as part of the Oxford Movement revival in the Anglican Church. The building was constructed by John Notman in the Gothic Revival style between 1847 and 1849, based on an original design by English architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter.
Along with numerous churches, Walter built the now demolished Gothic-style Philadelphia County Prison and the Egyptian-style debtor's prison in Moyamensing. He also designed and built the iron dome of the United States Capitol. [11] In the 1840s and 50s many old buildings were replaced by larger business structures.
40.1 Neo gothic buildings erected during 19th or 20th century. ... Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia, 1892–97; East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1932 ...
The church building was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Baily & Truscott. [5] Constructed in 1893 and 1894, the architecture is in the Gothic Revival style of a 14th-Century English country church. The first services were held in 1894, and the building was consecrated in 1910. [6]