Built 1861 Designated PHMC October 01, 1992 Area 1 ha Architectural style Gothic architecture | NRHP Reference # 82003800 Opened 1861 Phone +1 215-635-4185 Added to NRHP 22 April 1982 | |
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Location Old York and Ashbourne Rds., Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Address 7809 Old York Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027, USA Architects Horace Trumbauer, Jay Cooke Similar Milmoral, Glenside Memorial Hall, Richard Wall house, Melrose Park station, Curtis Hall Arboretum | ||
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at Old York and Ashbourne Roads in Elkins Park, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in 1861, and is a gray stone church in the Gothic style. The church was conceived and designed by noted financier Jay Cooke (1821–1905). Its size was doubled with an expansion in 1870, and a 60-foot-tall tower added. A transept was added in 1883, and the two-story parish hall wing in 1891. Noted architect Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938) made refinements to the church during the 1897 to 1924 period. Also on the property is the 2 1⁄2-story rectory built in 1868, a stable, Trumbauer designed Jay Cooke Memorial auditorium (1906), and sexton's cottage (1923). Adjacent to the church is a cemetery laid out in 1879 and expanded in 1905. Located in the cemetery is the Jay Cooke mausoleum.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.