St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Stamford, Connecticut)

St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Location 1231 Washington Blvd., Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°3′25.95″N 73°32′32.02″W / 41.0572083°N 73.5422278°W / 41.0572083; -73.5422278Coordinates: 41°3′25.95″N 73°32′32.02″W / 41.0572083°N 73.5422278°W / 41.0572083; -73.5422278
Built 1860
Architect Holly, Henry Hudson; Browne & Rogers
Architectural style Gothic
MPS Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes TR (AD)
NRHP reference # 83003510[1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1983

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 1231 Washington Boulevard in Stamford, Connecticut. Built in 1860 and consecrated on May 8, 1861, Saint Andrew's Church was originally a mission of St. John's Church Stamford until its incorporation as a parish on June 12, 1865. Saint Andrew's was the first free church in the diocese where parishioners did not have to pay a pew rental fee. [2]St. Andrew's was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church.[1] Its church and parish hall are fine examples of Gothic architecture designed by Henry Hudson Holly.[3]

Current use

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is an active Anglo-Catholic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. Mass is celebrated on weekdays Monday through Friday according to the Anglican Missal.

Sunday services include a Low Mass followed by a Sung Mass. All services at St. Andrew's Church are celebrated in traditional language, facing eastward. Music for services comes from both The Hymnal 1982 and Lift Every Voice and Sing II: An African American Hymnal.

Clergy

  • Francis Windsor Brathwaite (1865–1906)
  • John Dolby Skene (1906–1920)
  • Harley Wright Smith (1920–1927)
  • Kenneth Ripley [last name illegible] 1936
  • Percy Major Binnington (1941–1956)
  • Richard Johnson (1956–1964)
  • Norman Catir (1964–1970)
  • Thomas George Peterson (1970–1974)
  • Mark Anthony DeWolf (1975–1998)
  • Richard Alton (2007–2014)
  • Bartlett W. Gage (2014–current)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ http://www.saintandrewsstamford.org/history/
  3. ↑ Kate Ohno (December 17, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church". National Park Service. and Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior, undated and from 1987


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