St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Brewster, New York)

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is located at the corner of Prospect and Michael Neuner streets in Brewster, New York, United States.

The congregation dates, informally, to 1872, though it was not formally accepted into the American Episcopal Church until ten years later.

The current building features stained glass by Calvert & Kimberly, former students of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

The former is faced with an E. Howard & Co. clock over the heavy (up to 650 pounds (290 kg)[2]), detailed red wooden double doors at the entrance; the latter has a cross-gabled roof surfaced in slate.

The hammerbeam roof is believed to have been something he asked for;[2] in keeping with the style the two architects relied on simplicity and sweeping lines to create beauty, avoiding later Gothic Revival ornamentation such as gargoyles, flying buttresses or columns.

A Brewster native and founder, Seth Howes, who had returned home to retire after becoming wealthy as a circus entrepreneur and Chicago-area developer, led the congregation in building a small wooden church on the current land.

[1] He hired Edward Pearce Casey, best known at the time for his work on the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building (as it is now known), and Arthur Durant Sneden, then chief designer for the New York City Board of Education.

Coleman, the church expanded its membership and started organizations like a Women's Auxiliary, The Girl's Friendly Society and the St. Andrew's Guild to serve the community.

[1] In 1961 the Great Hall, the only addition to the original church since its construction and rebuilding, was built to provide community meeting space and Sunday school programs.

In addition to the recently started nursery school, he spearheaded the creation of the Brewster Community Food Pantry in cooperation with two other area churches.

1881 wooden church building