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Grace Church (Scottsville, New York)

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Grace Church 2012 09 20 17 56 43
Grace Church 2012 09 20 17 56 43

Grace Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Scottsville in Monroe County, New York. The church was designed by noted Rochester architect Harvey Ellis (1852-1904) and built in 1885. It is in the Latin cross form in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It has a native fieldstone lower level with an upper section of frame construction with a non-structural wall of stained glass. It features rounded apsidal and transept ends topped by conical roofs. Attached is a Sunday school wing constructed in 1956 and a square, shingled bell tower added in 1976. It is a congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

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Grace Church (Scottsville, New York)
Browns Avenue, Town of Wheatland

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