St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey

New St. Mary's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Old St. Mary's Church
Location:	145 West Broad Street Burlington, New Jersey
Coordinates:	40°4′37″N 74°51′43″W / 40.07694°N 74.86194°W / 40.07694; -74.86194Coordinates: 40°4′37″N 74°51′43″W / 40.07694°N 74.86194°W / 40.07694; -74.86194
Built:	1846-1854
Architect:	Richard Upjohn et al.
Architectural style:	Gothic Revival
Governing body:	St. Mary's Episcopal Church
NRHP Reference#:	72000770[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	May 31, 1972
Designated NHL:	June 24, 1986[2]

St. Mary's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal parish in Burlington, New Jersey, in the United States. In 1695 settlers acquired land for a cemetery at West Broad and Wood streets. They built St. Mary's Church there in 1703. It is the oldest Episcopal church in New Jersey.

With a growing congregation, the parish decided to build a new church. They commissioned noted architect Richard Upjohn. In 1846 he began the new church on adjoining land at 145 West Broad Street. It was consecrated in 1854. On May 31, 1972, the new church was added to the National Register of Historic Places and on June 24, 1986, it was declared a National Historic Landmark.

History of old church

The site of the old church was acquired in 1695 "for the Conveniency of a burying place for themselves and also for all other Christian people" in July 1695. Additional land was obtained in 1702, and the earliest known headstones date from 1706 and 1707.^[3]

The first church was constructed in 1703, and is the oldest Episcopal church in New Jersey. Its silver communion service was a gift from Queen Anne of England before her death in 1713. Its first rector, John Talbot, had been a ship's chaplain. He served as rector from 1705 to 1725. During the American Revolutionary War, the Reverend Jonathan O'Dell supported the Loyalist cause. He went to Canada when the colonists won.

Over the years the church was expanded, and a Guild House was constructed in 1799 at the corner of West Broad Street and Talbot Street. The church was supplanted by construction of New Saint Mary's Church, but is maintained for special occasions and summer worship.^[4]

History of new St. Mary's

New St. Mary's

Church in Shottesbrooke

New St. Mary's Church was constructed between 1846 and 1854. It is one of the earliest attempts in the United States to "follow a specific English medieval church model for which measured drawings existed." This Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Richard Upjohn, who modeled it after St. John's Church in Shottesbrooke, England. It helped firmly establish Upjohn as a practitioner of Gothic design.^[1][5] It is a massive brownstone church with a long nave. The crossing is topped by a tall stone spire that has eight bells cast in England by Thomas Mears in 1865.^[6] The church was designated a National Historic Landmark.

Notable burials

• Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), Governor of New Jersey.^[7]
• Elias Boudinot (1740–1821), President of the Continental Congress from 1782-1783.^[8]
• William Bradford (1755–1795), United States Attorney General
• Daniel Coxe, Governor of West Jersey
• George Washington Doane (1799–1859), second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.^[9]
• Rowland Ellis
• Edward Burd Grubb, Jr. (1841–1913), American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General.^[10]
• Franklin D'Olier, Founder of the American Legion
• James Kinsey (1731–1803), Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1789 to 1803.^[11]
• Henry Seymour Lansing, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General
• Joseph McIlvaine (1769–1826), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1823 to 1826.^[12]
• William Milnor (1769–1848), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia.^[13]
• William H. Odenheimer, third Bishop of New Jersey
• Isabel Paterson (1886–1961), libertarian author.^[14]
• John H. Pugh (1827–1905), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1877-1879.^[15]
• Garret D. Wall (1783–1850), United States Senator from 1835-1841.^[16]
• James Walter Wall (1820–1872), United States Senator and Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey.^[17]

See also

Anglicanism portal

• List of Registered Historic Places in New Jersey
• List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• St. Mary's Episcopal Church (disambiguation)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-07-27. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "New St. Mary's Episcopal Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2008-06-23. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1236&ResourceType=Building. 
3. ^ Churchyard, St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Accessed August 15, 2007.
4. ^ Burlington Historic Sites Tour
5. ^ Churches of England
6. ^ Intensive Level Architectural Survey, McCabe & Associates, 2002
7. ^ New Jersey Governor Joseph Bloomfield, National Governors Association. Accessed August 21, 2007.
8. ^ Elias Boudinot, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.
9. ^ George Washington Doane, Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard. Accessed August 21, 2007.
10. ^ E. Burd Grubb, St. Mary's Churchyard. Accessed August 21, 2007.
11. ^ James Kinsey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.
12. ^ Joseph McIlvaine, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 21, 2007.
13. ^ William Milnor, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
14. ^ Isabel Paterson, Find A Grave. Accessed August 21, 2007.
15. ^ John Howard Pugh, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
16. ^ Garret Dorset Wall, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
17. ^ James Walter Wall, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.

External links

• St. Mary's Church web site
• St. Mary's Churchyard
• National Register Listings for Burlington County
• National Landmark listing
• St. Mary's Churchyard at The Political Graveyard
• Saint Marys Episcopal Churchyard at Find A Grave