National Register of Historic Places

St. Alban's Episcopal Church

New York, Richmond County, New York
Listed
October 29, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82001264

About this property

St. Alban's Episcopal Church is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, in the United States. The building is an historic Carpenter Gothic style church now located at 76 St. Alban's Place in Eltingville, Staten Island. It was built in 1865 as the Church of the Holy Comforter at what is now 3939 Richmond Avenue, the present site of the South Shore YMCA, and was designed by Richard Michell Upjohn, the son of the noted Carpenter Gothic architect, Richard Upjohn. In 1873, the building was split in half and moved to its present location, where it was re-assembled and expanded. In 1951, Holy Comforter absorbed the congregation of nearby St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Great Kills, and changed its name to St. Alban's. St. Anne's had been founded in 1929 as an offshoot of Holy Comforter. The church reported 60 members in 2015 and 28 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $98,605 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 28 persons. On October 29, 1982, St. Alban's was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1984, it acquired an 1883-vintage Hook & Hastings organ, believed to be the oldest pipe organ that currently exists in a Staten Island church.

Location

76 St. Alban's Place
New York, Richmond County, New York
40.54369, -74.16068

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Sources

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When was St. Alban's Episcopal Church listed on the National Register?

St. Alban's Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982.

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St. Alban's Episcopal Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for St. Alban's Episcopal Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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