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St. Alban's Episcopal Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic Episcopal church now located at 76 St. Alban's Place in the Eltingville neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, in the United States. Built in 1873 as the Church of the Holy Comforter at a different location and moved in 1873, Holy Comforter absorbed the congregation of nearby St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Great Kill in 1951 and changed its name to St. Alban's.[2] On October 29, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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- St. Alban's Episcopal Church (added 1982 - Building - #82001264)
- Also known as Church of the Holy Comforter
- 76 St. Alban's Place, New York
- Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Upjohn,Richard Mitchell
- Architectural Style: No Style Listed
- Area of Significance: Architecture
- Period of Significance: 1850-1874
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Religion
- Historic Sub-function: Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
- Current Function: Religion
- Current Sub-function: Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
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What is now St. Alban's began in 1865 as the Church of the Holy Comforter, Eltingville.[3] The church building was built in 1873 at what is now 3939 Richmond Avenue, the present site of the South Shore YMCA in Eltingville, and was designed by Richard Mitchell Upjohn, the son of the noted Carpenter Gothic architect, Richard Upjohn. It in 1873 the building was divided and moved to its present location where it was expanded.[4] In 1951 Holy Comforter merged with St. Anne's Episcopal Church and changed its name to St. Alban's.[5] St. Anne's had been founded in 1929 as an offshoot of Holy Comforter. St. Alban's is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The current rector is the Rev. Frederick W. Schraplau.[6]
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