St. Joseph's Chapel (Rhinecliff, New York)

The Chapel of St. Joseph
General information
Town or city	Rhinecliff, New York
Country	United States of America
Design and construction
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Chapel of St. Joseph is a former Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Rhinecliff, Dutchess County, New York City. The parish was established as a parish in 1862 and suppressed around 1975 to become a mission of Good Shepherd Church (Rhinebeck, New York).^[1]

Buildings

The double-height painted timber church is designed in the naive timber Gothic Revival style. The symmetrical five-bay double-height church has a three-stage tower fronting its forward gable, supporting a shingled needle spire. The tower and nave and flanked to both sides by five-bay lean-to aisles, which terminates distinguishing the final nave bay as the chancel. Windows are pointed stained-glass casements at aisle, and stepped to second stage tower. Rose window to third stage tower. Lozenge-shaped to clerestory.^[2]

References

1. ^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.428.
2. ^ Official Website photos (accessed 5 February 2011)