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Grace Church Complex (Massapequa, New York)

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Built
  
1844

Opened
  
1844

Added to NRHP
  
30 June 1983

NRHP Reference #
  
83001713

Area
  
1 ha

Grace Church Complex (Massapequa, New York)

Location
  
Merrick and Dover Roads, Massapequa, New York

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

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The Grace Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex in Massapequa, Nassau County, New York. The complex consists of the church, surrounding parish cemetery, the Floyd-Jones family cemetery, and the DeLancey Floyd-Jones Free Library. The small church was built in 1844 and remodeled in 1905. It is a frame structure on a brick foundation and consists of a vestibule, nave, and chancel. It is in the Gothic Revival style and features a square bell tower with modest spire. The church also has Tiffany glass windows added during the remodeling. Sometime after 1983, the old Grace Church was given to the Historical Society of the Massapequas.

The DeLancey Floyd-Jones Free Library was built in 1896 and is a two-by-two-bay one-room structure that served as the only public library in Massapequa for 60 years. The library was founded and built by DeLancey Floyd-Jones (1826–1902). Initially, the library, which Col. Floyd-Jones gave to Massapequa along with an endowment, was open three days a week and had enough space on its shelves to accommodate up to 2,500 books.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It may include two structures that are Oyster Bay municipal landmarks.

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Grace Church Complex (Massapequa, New York) Wikipedia