Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement

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Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement
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LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States
Denomination Anglican Church in North America
Reformed Episcopal Church
Website recatonement.org
History
Founded1875
Architecture
Style Gothic Revival
Years built1929
Administration
Diocese Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
Clergy
Rector The Rev. Jason Holloway
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement
Part of Tulpehocken Station Historic District (ID85003564)
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1985

The Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement is a historic church in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is a parish of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and a contributing property to the Tulpehocken Station Historic District. [1]

While the current building dates to 1929, the church was founded in 1875 as the Third Reformed Episcopal Church. [2] It took its current name by 1894. [3]

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References

  1. "Tulpehocken Station Historic District Nomination Form". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. Nicholson, William R. (1876). "BISHOP NICHOLSON'S REPORT" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fourth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 27. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. "Statement of Receipts" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifteenth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 80. 1897. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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