Christ Church - Rochester, NY
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sagefemme
N 43° 09.369 W 077° 36.027
18T E 288574 N 4781438
Corner of East Ave and Broadway, 141 East Ave, Rochester, NY
Waymark Code: WMDB9C
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2011
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The first church structure was erected on this sight on Christmas Day 1855. By the 1880's the congregation had outgrown even the expanded nave, and Wilder Hall was added in 1887, and construction of a new nave and chancel, built across the orginal building, was begun in 1891 (according to the cornerstone). The new building was opend on Easter Sunday, 1894.
"The distinguished English architect, Robert Gibson, designed the 14th Century French Gothic structure of Albion Sandstone, using the original church as the South Transept Chapel and nearly perfect acoustics within a 79 foot high nave ceiling and 80 foot nave width. Johnson Tower was added in 1903 and the Ward Memorial Chimes hung in 1973 to sound each quarter hour and play a short peal each noon (10:50am on Sunday)." (
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Of particular interest are the details of Tiffany work (
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1891, upper pavement: Lamb of God with Eucharist symbols of wheat and grapes;
1891, lower pavement: Fleur-de-lis of Mary: cross; palm and crown;
1902, alter: white Italian marble;
1902, reredos: Lord's (not Last) Supper in gold, mother of pearl, and glass;
1900, apse window of opalescent glass: (left) Annunciation, (right) Nativity;
1900, clerestory window matching apse windows: (left) Song of Mary and lily for Mary, (right) Star of Jacob and rose for Jesus;
1906 credence niche: caen stone.