St. Bernard's Church and Parish House
St. Bernard's Church and Parish House | |
![]() St. Bernard's Episcopal Church | |
Location | 88 Claremont Road Bernardsville, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°43′20″N 74°34′21″W / 40.72222°N 74.57250°W |
Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
Built | 1897 |
Architect |
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Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 06000761[1] |
NJRHP No. | 4269[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 6, 2006 |
Designated NJRHP | June 28, 2006 |
St. Bernard's Church and Parish House is a historic church complex located at 88 Claremont Road in the borough of Bernardsville in Somerset County, New Jersey. This Episcopal Church in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey is named after St. Bernard of Clairvaux.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 2006, for its significance in architecture.[4]
History and description
[edit]The congregation was organized on October 22, 1896 and the building committee selected the architectural firm Napoleon LeBrun & Sons to design and build the church. Built with schist laid as random ashlar, it was designed to be a "purely English Gothic" church. It features a four-stage square tower with an attached hexagonal stair turret and topped with a metal cross. The cornerstone is dated 1897 and the church opened on June 29, 1898.[3][4] The parish house was designed by architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, also a member of the congregation, and built in 1912.[4] The stained-glass windows were made by the studios of Victorian designer Charles Eamer Kempe.[3][4]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey
- List of Episcopal churches in the United States
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System – (#06000761)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 28, 2021. p. 3.
- ^ a b c "History". St. Bernard's Episcopal Church.
- ^ a b c d Greiff, Constance M. (October 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Bernard's Church and Parish House". National Park Service. With accompanying 18 photos
External links
[edit]Media related to Saint Bernard's Episcopal Church (Bernardsville, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Bernardsville, New Jersey
- Episcopal church buildings in New Jersey
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Gothic Revival church buildings in New Jersey
- Churches completed in 1897
- 19th-century Episcopal church buildings
- Churches in Somerset County, New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey
- New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- 1897 establishments in New Jersey
- Stone churches in New Jersey
- Henry Janeway Hardenbergh buildings