Grace Church, Mt. Airy Explained

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.

History and architectural features

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.

A school was added in 1962.^[1]

The three original buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

Rectors

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) ^[2]
• The Rev. Richard K. Bauder (1959-1989)^[3]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Putney. H. Donald. [{{NRHP-PA|H104224_01H.pdf}} Grace Church, Mt. Airy]. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. January 4, 2014. 1996.
2. Web site: Historical Directory of Episcopal Clergy in Philadelphia. 2017-01-01. 2017-09-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170902142741/https://philadelphiastudies.org/historical-directory-of-episcopal-clergy-in-philadelphia/. dead.
3. Web site: Leaflet for the Institution Service of Richard Kenneth Bauder as Rector of Grace Church, Mt. Airy (1959). mjk38. 2015-05-17. Philadelphia Studies. 2016-10-17.