St. Ann's Episcopal Church (Bronx)

Not to be confused with Roman Catholic St. Ann's Church (Bronx, New York) a few miles north.

St. Ann's Church
St. Ann's Church of Morrisania
St. Ann's Episcopal Church of Morrisania
In 2012
St. Ann's Church
Location of St. Ann's Church in New York City
40°48′30″N 73°55′3″W / 40.80833°N 73.91750°W / 40.80833; -73.91750
Location295 St. Ann’s Avenue,
Bronx, New York
CountryUnited States
LanguageAmerican English
DenominationEpiscopal
Websitestannssouthbronx.org
History
Former nameMorrisania Memorial
StatusParish church
Founded1841 (1841)
FounderGouverneur Morris Jr.
DedicationSaint Ann[1]
Architecture
Architectural typeGreek Revival, Gothic Revival
Years built1840 (1840)
Administration
DioceseEpiscopal Diocese of New York
Clergy
RectorMartha Overall[1]
PastorMartha Overall[2]
Laity
ChurchwardenWendy Canas[2](also) Isabel Santiago
St. Ann's Church Complex
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1840
NRHP reference No.80002589[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1980
Designated NYCLJune 9, 1967

St. Ann's Church, also known as St. Ann's Church of Morrisania, is a historic Episcopal church in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx in New York City.

History

Gouverneur Morris Jr. (1813-1888) had St. Ann's Church built in memory of his mother, Ann Cary Randolph Morris, who died in 1837.[4]

Gouverneur Morris born Feb. 9, 1813; died Aug. 20, 1888. Founder of this Parish, to which he gave church and lands for the glory of God and in memory of his mother.

— Inscription on a plaque to the right of the chancel.[5]

It was built in 1840 and donated by him as a family monument, the Morrisania Memorial. It is a fieldstone building in the Gothic Revival style with a vernacular Greek Revival style tower. The complex includes the stone parish house added in 1916, late-19th century Sunday School and gymnasium building, and a graveyard that includes the Morris family crypt. Among those whose remains are in the graveyard or crypt are Gouverneur Morris, the "Penman of the Constitution" (1752–1816), Ann Cary Randolph Morris (1774-1837), Lewis Morris (1671–1746), and Lewis Morris (1726–1798).[6] [3][5] Gouverneur Morris is a signatory to the Constitution, which he helped draft. His half-brother, Lewis Morris, is a signatory to the Declaration of Independence.[7][8]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[3] It was designated a New York City landmark in 1967.

References

  1. ^ a b "Home Page". St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Home Page". St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "National Register Information System – St. Ann's Church Complex (#90NR00036)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. ^ McKenney, Janice E. (November 15, 2012). Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers. Scarecrow Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-8108-8499-1.
  5. ^ a b "St. Ann's Church and Graveyard" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City. June 9, 1967. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph and Gloria McDarrah (October 1979). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP St. Ann's Church Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  7. ^ "Meet the Framers of the Constitution". November 2, 2015.
  8. ^ "Signers of the Declaration of Independence". November 6, 2015.

See also

Media related to St. Ann's Church (Bronx) at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.