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ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Religion
Location
163 Broadway, Amityville, NY 11701, USA
Lat/Long
40.6768465, -73.41711
Grant Recipient
Amityville Historical Society
Historic Marker

ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Inscription

ST. MARY'S CHURCH
CONGREGATION EST. 1886
CHAPEL BUILT 1888 BY WESLEY
KETCHAM UNDER REV. JAMES H.
NOBLE. CONSECRATED BY
BISHOP A.N. LITTLEJOHN IN 1889.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020

In the fall of 1886 Episcopal Reverend Locke began organizing congregants for a new episcopal church, meeting at local halls, including Liberty Hall. By 1888 a congregation was formed under the care of Rev. Noble who led the group to raise the funds and build the church. Construction finished in 1888, with the building consecrated the following year by Abram Newkirk Littlejohn (1824 –1901), the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.