John W. Priest

[citation needed] By at least by the late 1840s Priest was practicing architecture from his home in Balmville, near Newburgh, though he also kept a business office in New York City.

He mentored architect Henry M. Congdon, who had an extensive and well-documented career in church architecture after Priest's death.

The churches designed by Priest exhibit the high standards with careful proportions and detail espoused by the Ecclesiological Society.

[2] Additionally, several of his surviving works have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

His obituary indicates he designed churches in Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina, without naming them.