Grace Church, Mt. Airy


Grace Church, Mt. Airy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	224 E. Gowen Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°3′57″N 75°11′24″W / 40.06583°N 75.19000°W / 40.06583; -75.19000Coordinates: 40°3′57″N 75°11′24″W / 40.06583°N 75.19000°W / 40.06583; -75.19000
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1888
Architect	Burns, Charles M.; Nattress, George, et al.
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	97001654^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 15, 1998

Grace Church, Mt. Airy (Grace Epiphany Church) is a historic Episcopal church at 224 E. Gowen Avenue in Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The church, its parish house, and a rectory were designed by Charles M. Burns and built in 1888. Burns also designed the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia. A school was aded in 1962. The three original buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[2]

Rood screen, altar & reredos (1908–09), carved by Edward Maene.

Rectors

In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the rector is the priest elected to head a self-supporting parish.

Rev. G. A. Redles (1874-1875)
Rev. Simeon Hill (1875-1912)
Rev. Thomas Sparks Cline (1913-1924)
Rev. Charles E. Eder (1925-1958)
Rev. Richard K. Bauder (1959-)^[3]

References

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Putney, H. Donald (1996). "Grace Church, Mt. Airy" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
↑ mjk38 (2015-05-17). "Leaflet for the Institution Service of Richard Kenneth Bauder as Rector of Grace Church, Mt. Airy (1959)". Philadelphia Studies. Retrieved 2016-10-17.

External links

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