St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (Stamford, Connecticut)

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	628 Main St., Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°3′17″N73°32′2″W / 41.05472°N 73.53389°W / 41.05472; -73.53389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869
Architect	William Potter, Richard M. Upjohn
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Gothic, Queen Anne
MPS	Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes TR
NRHP reference No.	87002128 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 24, 1987

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is an historic church located at 628 Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut. ^[2] The church (the congregation's third since its founding in 1742) is an English Gothic Revival structure, built in 1891 to a design by William Potter. It has buttressed stone construction, with a compound-arch entry and a large rose stained-glass window. The associated parish house, also a Gothic Victorian structure, was designed by Richard M. Upjohn and built in 1869–72. ^[3]

Rectors

The first rector of St. John's Church was installed in 1748, and the following individuals have served as rector of the parish. ^{[4] [5]}

• Ebeneezer Dibblee, 1748–1799
• Jonathan Judd, 1812–1822
• Ambrose Seymour Todd, 1823–1861
• Walter Mitchell, 1861–1866
• William Tatlock, 1866–1896
• Charles Morris Addison, 1897–1919
• Gerald A. Cunningham, 1920–1942
• Stanley F. Hemsley, 1942–1974
• Douglas E. Theuner, 1974–1986
• Leander Harding, 1989–2005
• James R. Wheeler, 2007–2019
• Andrew A. Kryzak, 2022-

See also

• St. Luke's Chapel
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "St. John's Episcopal Church". St. John's Episcopal Church. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
3. "NRHP nomination for St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
4. "St. John's Announces a New Rector". www.stamfordplus.com.
5. "History".

External links

Media related to St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (Stamford, Connecticut) at Wikimedia Commons

• Church website