Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex

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Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex
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Location4761-4765 Henry Hudson Parkway, The Bronx, New York City
Coordinates 40°53′45″N73°54′32″W / 40.89583°N 73.90889°W / 40.89583; -73.90889
Built1863-64 [1]
Architect James Renwick Jr.
Dwight James Baum
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Stick
NRHP reference No. 82001092 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 14, 1982
Designated NYCLApril 19, 1966

Riverdale Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 4761-4765 Henry Hudson Parkway in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. It was designed in 1863 by architect James Renwick Jr. The church is a fieldstone building in an English-inspired [1] Late Gothic Revival style. It was substantially enlarged in 1936.

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The complex also includes a stone manse, the Duff House, also designed by Renwick, and a Stick Style cottage, called the Duff or Gardener's Cottage, built in 1875. [3] In his original design for the Duff House, Renwick combined a mansard roof with gables and dormers in the Gothic Revival style. [1] [4]

The complex was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, [1] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2]

The congregation established the Edgehill Church at Spuyten Duyvil in 1869 as a chapel; it is now an independent church.

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