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Three borough churches will be
participating in the New York Landmarks
Preservation Conservancy’s
annual Sacred Sites Open House that
celebrates the architecture, history
and traditions of houses of worship all
over the state on Saturday, May 18 and
Sunday, May 19.
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Christ Church of Riverdale
Photo courtesy of LPC
The Riverdale Presbyterian Church
The conservancy will feature
Christ Church Riverdale at 5040 Henry
Hudson Parkway, Riverdale Presbyterian
Church at 4765 Henry Hudson
Parkway and St. James Episcopal
Church at 2500 Jerome Avenue as part
of its weekend dedicated to this year’s
theme: ‘Medieval to Modern: Celebrating
New York’s Religious Art and Architecture.’
“New York has a rich and diverse
array of religious architecture,” said
Peg Breen, NY LPC president.
The conservancy, which has provided
grants and technical assistance
to maintain and restore houses of worship
since 1986, fi rst began hosting the
open house weekends in 2011, and Ann
Friedman, NY LPC’s director of its sacred
sites program, said the weekends
proved so successful they became annual
events.
“All three (Bronx) churches are
interrelated,” said Freidman. “They
are all gothic revival, all 19th century,
all Victorian, and they all have lovely
windows and stone masonry.”
The three churches from the borough
are all by well-know architects
of the 19th century: Richard Upjohn
at Christ Church Riverdale, James
Renwick at Riverdale Presbyterian
Church and Henry Dudley at St. James
Episcopal Church, she said.
“These architects knew of each of
other and would have been under consideration
for the same projects,” said
Friedman, adding that they were infl uenced
by the medieval English Gothic
architecture.
The two Riverdale churches are
across the road from one another, and
they are churches in beautifully landscaped
settings, constructed with local
stone and have slate roofs, she said.
Fr. Andrew Butler, Christ Church
Riverdale rector, said that the church
has been participating for years.
“It always a privilege for us to be
able to open our doors even more than
they are already open,” said Butler,
adding that the church is a beautiful
space architecturally designed by
Upjohn, who also designed Trinity
Church Wall Street.
A pre-booked guided tour will be
held on Saturday, May 18 from 11:30
a.m. to noon and will highlight a window
donated in memory of Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardia and altar rail donated
by Babe Ruth in honor of parishioner
and Yankees hero Lou Gehrig.
Riverdale Presbyterian Church, a
short walk from Christ Church Riverdale,
will be open for self-guided tour
from noon to 3 p.m. both days, and
there will be an 11 a.m. choral mass on
Sunday.
Patricia Gourdine, a Riverdale
Presbyterian parishioner and church
elder, said that the same architect who
worked on St. Patrick’s Cathedral designed
the church.
St. James in Fordham will be open
that Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
and is known for its Tiffany stained
glass windows.
To view a digital guide and register
for pre-booked tours, visit www.nylandmarks.
org or www.sacredsitesopenhouse.
org.
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