NY Landmarks Conservancy Open House with All Saints' Church, Briarcliff Manor

On Saturday, May 16, 2015 All Saints’ Episcopal Church will welcome visitors as part of the statewide New York Landmarks Conservancy Sacred Sites Open House Weekend. Church members will lead informal free tours of the church sanctuary between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, All Saints’ Church is an Early English Style Gothic Revival building designed by renowned architect Richard Upjohn. The original building was completed in 1854. The church was expanded in 1911.

The histories of Briarcliff Manor and All Saints’ are closely entwined as the church stands on the former Rev. John Ogilby estate after which the village was named. Some of the stained-glass windows are by or attributed to Tiffany Glass Works, John La Farge and Gibson of Philadelphia (1854). Many are memorials to prominent Briarcliff families.

Sacred Sites is the country’s oldest and largest statewide grant program to help religious properties and has supported over 700 religious institutions in New York State. These properties have received over $8.7 million in matching grants. All Saints’ has received two matching grants from Sacred Sites in the past 10 years: to repair brickwork around its stained glass windows and to correct sanctuary area drainage problems.

Religious institutions in nearby Scarborough, Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown will be also participating in the Sacred Sites Open House Weekend. For more information see www.nylandmarks.org/events/sacred_sites_open_house.

All Saints’ is located at 201 Scarborough Road at Old Briarcliff Road in Briarcliff Manor. For further information, please contact the Open House Coordinator at dgefeher@gmail.com, 914-373-9550, or call the church office at 914-941-6955. Also see the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsBriarcliff) and www.allsaintsbriarcliff.org.