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St. James' Chapel is located on East Market Street (Dutchess County Route 41), a short distance east of US 9, in Hyde Park, New York, United States. It is part of the Episcopal parish of St. James, whose main church is located north of it along Route 9. It appears to be one building today but actually consists of two buildings constructed a quarter-century apart. The Greek Revival-style school building is the church's oldest extant building. It was later used as the town's library and is still known as the Reading Room today. The chapel is a Carpenter Gothic structure with some Swedish influences that served as the main church during winter months for a century. In 1993 the combined building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Bard Infant School and St. James Chapel. ==Building== The school building, built earlier, projects north from the chapel toward the street, just southeast of the post office. It is a one-story rectangular clapboard-sided frame building. Its gabled roof is shingled in asphalt and pierced by a stone chimney on the east.〔 A plain dentilled cornice with wide frieze extends around the roofline. The north (front) elevation has a projecting pediment forming a portico with a round-arched attic louver in the center. It is supported by four square pillars. A shed-roofed addition is on the east profile.〔 The chapel, joined to the school on the latter's south, and its north, is also a one-story frame building. Unlike the school it is sided in board-and-batten with decorative scalloping at eight-foot (2.4 m) intervals. Its roof is also shingled in asphalt, but steeply pitched with a cutout rakeboard at the east and an open belfry with pointed steeple at the west, over the gabled vestibule at the main entrance.〔 On the east facade is a triple Gothic-arched stained glass window with a trefoil design in the arch apex, covered by a window hood. The chapel also has a shed-roofed basement entrance on its south side. A small board-and-batten gabled shed is located to the southeast. It is a contributing resource to the National Register listing.〔 Inside, both the chapel and school building retain much original finishing and decor. The chapel has an ornate carved tracery dividing the nave from the rest of the sanctuary. A stone Arts and Crafts-style fireplace and mantel is located in the school's main room.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. James Chapel (Hyde Park, New York)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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