St. John's Episcopal Church (Cape Vincent, New York)
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St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal
church located at Cape Vincent
in Jefferson County, New York
. It was built in 1841 and consists of a one story main block and a lower side wing in the Federal
style. A three story entry tower projects from the central bay of the front facade. The tower features an eight sided spire
. Also on the property is the parish cemetery with the earliest gravestones dating to 1852.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985.
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
church located at Cape Vincent
Cape Vincent (village), New York
Cape Vincent is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 760 at the 2000 census.The Village of Cape Vincent is in the northern part of the Town of Cape Vincent and is northwest of Watertown.- History :...
in Jefferson County, New York
Jefferson County, New York
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. It is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America, and president at the time the county was created in 1805...
. It was built in 1841 and consists of a one story main block and a lower side wing in the Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style. A three story entry tower projects from the central bay of the front facade. The tower features an eight sided spire
Spire
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....
. Also on the property is the parish cemetery with the earliest gravestones dating to 1852.
It was listed on 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 1985.