St. Ann's Episcopal Church (Bronx)

	St. Ann's Church Complex
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New York City Landmark
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1840
NRHP reference No.	80002589
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1980
Designated NYCL	June 9, 1967

St. Ann's Church
St. Ann's Church
St. Ann's Church of Morrisania
St. Ann's Episcopal Church of Morrisania
	In 2012
	St. Ann's Church Location of St. Ann's Church in New York City
	40°48′30″N 73°55′3″W / 40.80833°N 73.91750°W
Location	295 St. Ann’s Avenue, ; Bronx, New York
Country	United States
Language(s)	American English
Denomination	Episcopal
Website	stannssouthbronx.org
History
Former name(s)	Morrisania Memorial
Status	Parish church
Founded	1841; 183 years ago
Founder(s)	Gouverneur Morris Jr.
Dedication	Saint Ann
Architecture
Architectural type	Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
Years built	1840; 184 years ago
Administration
Diocese	Episcopal Diocese of New York
Clergy
Rector	Martha Overall
Pastor(s)	Martha Overall
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Wendy Canas(also) Isabel Santiago
Area
	St. Ann's Church Complex
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New York City Landmark
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1840
NRHP reference No.	80002589
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1980
Designated NYCL	June 9, 1967

St. Ann's Church, also known as St. Ann's Church of Morrisania, is a historic Episcopal church in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx in New York City.

History

Gouverneur Morris Jr. (1813-1888) had St. Ann's Church built in memory of his mother, Ann Cary Randolph Morris, who died in 1837.^[4]

Gouverneur Morris born Feb. 9, 1813; died Aug. 20, 1888. Founder of this Parish, to which he gave church and lands for the glory of God and in memory of his mother.
— Inscription on a plaque to the right of the chancel.^[5]

It was built in 1840 and donated by him as a family monument, the Morrisania Memorial. It is a fieldstone building in the Gothic Revival style with a vernacular Greek Revival style tower. The complex includes the stone parish house added in 1916, late-19th century Sunday School and gymnasium building, and a graveyard that includes the Morris family crypt. Among those whose remains are in the graveyard or crypt are Gouverneur Morris, the "Penman of the Constitution" (1752–1816), Ann Cary Randolph Morris (1774-1837), Lewis Morris (1671–1746), and Lewis Morris (1726–1798).^[6]^[5] Gouverneur Morris is a signatory to the Constitution, which he helped draft. His half-brother, Lewis Morris, is a signatory to the Declaration of Independence.^[7]^[8]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[3] It was designated a New York City landmark in 1967.

References

^ ^a ^b "Home Page". St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Home Page". St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – St. Ann's Church Complex (#90NR00036)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
^ McKenney, Janice E. (November 15, 2012). Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers. Scarecrow Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-8108-8499-1.
^ ^a ^b "St. Ann's Church and Graveyard" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City. June 9, 1967. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ Spencer–Ralph, Elizabeth; McDarrah, Gloria (October 10, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: St. Ann's Church Complex" (PDF) and accompanying 5 photographs. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). > Search > Criteria > National Register Number: 90NR00036 > Search > Results > View > Atts. (2)
^ "Meet the Framers of the Constitution". November 2, 2015.
^ "Signers of the Declaration of Independence". November 6, 2015.

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[official_site_history-1] "Home Page". St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

[official_site-2] "Home Page". St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved April 9, 2016.

[NRIS-3] "National Register Information System – St. Ann's Church Complex (#90NR00036)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

[McKenney_p._133-4] McKenney, Janice E. (November 15, 2012). Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers. Scarecrow Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-8108-8499-1.

[NYC_doc-5] "St. Ann's Church and Graveyard" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City. June 9, 1967. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

[NHRPNom-6] Spencer–Ralph, Elizabeth; McDarrah, Gloria (October 10, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: St. Ann's Church Complex" (PDF) and accompanying 5 photographs. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). > Search > Criteria > National Register Number: 90NR00036 > Search > Results > View > Atts. (2)

[7] "Meet the Framers of the Constitution". November 2, 2015.

[8] "Signers of the Declaration of Independence". November 6, 2015.

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