Grace Church (Newark)
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| Location | 950 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′50.22″N 74°10′27.77″W / 40.7306167°N 74.1743806°WCoordinates: 40°43′50.22″N 74°10′27.77″W / 40.7306167°N 74.1743806°W |
| Built | 1847 |
| Architect | Richard Upjohn, C. Harrison Condit |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000776 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 2, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | December 23, 1987 |
Grace Church in Newark (Episcopal), is an active and historic Episcopal Church located at 950 Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey. It was founded on Ascension Day in 1837 at the behest of Bishop George Washington Doane, who intended it to be the standard bearer for Anglo-Catholicism in the northern part of his diocese (which then comprised the whole state of New Jersey) and which it remains.
The church building, designed by Richard Upjohn, who was also the architect of Trinity Church, New York, was consecrated on October 5, 1848. It is widely esteemed as an outstanding example of Gothic Revival architecture in the United States. The church was built on the site of the old Essex County Courthouse and Jail which burnt down on August 15, 1835. The tune for "America the Beautiful," called "Materna," was written here by the parish organist Samuel A. Ward in 1882.
Grace remains widely known for its high church, sacramental liturgy, or order of service, at the center of which, in the tradition of the Church as handed down from the Apostles, is the Eucharist. It teaches the Catholic faith, holding that Christians gain access to the Mystical Body of Christ through the sacramental worship of the community and are aided by the sequential liturgy, incense and Eucharistic sacrifice to an experience of heaven.Incense, lights, and beautiful vestments are used, which render the ceremonial intelligible to all the senses, and the contemporary-language rite from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer (Rite II) is used. Much of the congregation enthusiastically participates in the service.
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