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Grace Church, Mt. Airy

Grace Church, Mt. Airy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	224 E. Gowen Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°3′57″N 75°11′24″W / 40.06583°N 75.19000°W / 40.06583; -75.19000
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1888
Architect	Burns, Charles M.; Nattress, George, et al.
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	97001654[1]
Added to NRHP	January 15, 1998

Grace Church, Mt. Airy (Grace Epiphany Church) is an historic Episcopal church, which is located at 224 East Gowen Avenue in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[2]

History and architectural features[edit]

The church, its parish house and a rectory were designed by Charles M. Burns and built in 1888. Burns also designed the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia.^[2]

A school was added in 1962.^[2]

The three original buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[2]

Rectors[edit]

In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the rector is the priest elected to head a self-supporting parish.

• The Rev. G. A. Redles (1874-1875)
• The Rev. Simeon Hill (1875-1912)
• The Rev. Thomas Sparks Cline (1913-1924)
• The Rev. Charles E. Eder (1925-1958) ^[3]
• The Rev. Richard K. Bauder (1959-1989)^[4]

• 
  Rood screen, altar & reredos (1908–09), carved by Edward Maene.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official site
• Witness to Grace: A History of Grace Church, Mt. Airy (1857-1988)
• History of Twenty-Five Years in Grace Church, Mt. Airy