St. John's Episcopal Church (Roanoke, Virginia)

St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church, June 2010
Location Jct. of Jefferson St. and Elm Ave., SW corner, Roanoke, Virginia
Coordinates 37°16′0″N 79°56′30″W / 37.26667°N 79.94167°WCoordinates: 37°16′0″N 79°56′30″W / 37.26667°N 79.94167°W
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built 1891–1892, 1923
Architect Burns, Charles Marquedant; et al.
Architectural style Gothic, Tudor Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 91001083[1]
VLR # 128-0236
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 23, 1991
Designated VLR June 19, 1991[2]

St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1891–1892, and is a Gothic style blue-gray limestone church designed by Charles M. Burns of Philadelphia. It has a nave-plan with side aisles, a corner bell tower, a sacristy wing, and a transverse chapel and narthex to the rear. The nave features a hammerbeam roof and wooden arcading and is illuminated by stained glass windows in the clerestory and side aisle walls including several by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Attached to the church by a stone addition built in 1958, is a Tudor Revival style Parish House built in 1923.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Mary Bland Armistead, Henry Davenport, Barry A. Rakes, Clare White, and Daniel Pezzoni (April 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. John's Episcopal Church". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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