St. James Chapel (Stony Brook, New York)
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St. James Chapel is a historic chapel
on the east side of Main Street(Suffolk CR 68), 250 feet north of Stony Brook Lane in Stony Brook
, Suffolk County, New York
. The church was built in 1889 and is a gable roofed, frame building of rectangular plan clad in wood shingles. It features an open, octagonal bell tower
, cross gables, and an open arcaded porch. It was designed by noted architect Stanford White
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2000.
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
on the east side of Main Street(Suffolk CR 68), 250 feet north of Stony Brook Lane in Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Stony Brook is a hamlet located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, which is on the North Shore of Long Island...
, Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...
. The church was built in 1889 and is a gable roofed, frame building of rectangular plan clad in wood shingles. It features an open, octagonal bell tower
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
, cross gables, and an open arcaded porch. It was designed by noted architect Stanford White
Stanford White
Stanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found...
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2000.