St. James Episcopal Church (Hyde Park, New York)

For the associated off-site chapel, see St. James Chapel (Hyde Park, New York).
St. James Episcopal Church

East facing, from the churchyard
Basic information
Location 4526 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, New York, US
Affiliation Episcopal, Anglican
District Diocese of New York
Province Province II
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Leadership The Rev. Chuck Kramer
Website St. James Church Hyde Park
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Completed 1844

St. James Episcopal Church is a parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, located at 4526 Albany Post Road (U.S. Route 9) in Hyde Park, New York, across the street from the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. The church is associated with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, whose family estate is located 2.7 miles south of the church. Roosevelt served in the vestry and as senior warden of the church, even during his presidency, and he, his wife Eleanor, and their family regularly attended service there whenever they were in Hyde Park.[1]

Churchyard

The churchyard contains the graves or memorials of a variety of notables, including several members of Franklin Roosevelt's family.

Roosevelt family

Other notables

References

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