National Historic Landmark-Church of the Ascension

National Historic Landmark- Church of the Ascension

Built in 1840-41, this is one of the earliest churches designed by Richard Upjohn, at about the same time as Trinity Church on Wall Street.

A smaller and more austere English Gothic plan, this ...

National Historic Landmark- St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia)

National Historic Landmark- St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia)

Constructed between 1758 and 1764, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church is nationally significant for its unique Anglican church plan produced by one of colonial America's premier builders of the Georgian style, Robert Smith.

National Historic Landmark-Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

National Historic Landmark- Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (Jim Thorpe)

Designed (1865-1869) late in Richard Upjohn's career, St. Mark's is an unusual design set in the side of a hill. Commissioned by the philanthropist, Asa Packer, one of America's richest men of ...

National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

Founded in 1793, Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1889) is a living memorial to Richard Allen (1760-1831), former slave, Methodist minister, preeminent Black leader, and founder of the first permanent national association ...

National Historic Landmark-Emmanuel Episcopal Church

National Historical Landmark-Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Designed by one of America's premier architects, Henry H. Richardson, Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a small and simple religious structure that is representative of his ecclesiastical buildings.

Not known as a church architect, Richardson died soon ...

National Historic Landmark-Church of the Advocate

National Historic Landmark- Church of the Advocate

The Church of the Advocate (1887-1897) is a landmark in the religious, social and architectural history of the United States.

Built as a private bequest and intended to serve as the Episcopal Cathedral of ...

National Historic Landmark-Christ Church-Philadelphia

National Historic Landmark-Christ Church Philadelphia

Constructed between 1727 and 1754, the present ornate Georgian structure, used by a congregation organized in 1695, is the third building on the site.

Its most striking exterior features are a Palladian window and Doric ...

National Historic Landmark-Augustus Lutheran Church

National Historical Landmark-Augustus Lutheran Church

Dedicated in September 1745, this plain sandstone structure with a polygonal apse and gambrel roof, exemplifies regional and church architecture typical of the 18th-century German settlers of Pennsylvania.

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National Historic Landmark-Trinity Church

National Historical Landmark- Trinity Church

Erected 1725-26, this is an early New England Georgian frame church, closely modeled after Boston's Old North Church.

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National Historic Landmark-Unitarian Church

National Historic Landmark-Unitarian Church, Charleston

Begun in 1772, and Gothicized by Francis D. Lee between 1852 and 1854, this is a good example of the dominance of the romantic and picturesque in the arts of the mid-19th century.

Lee's interior imitates ...