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Rye Gothic

There’s a little portion of Rye on the Boston Post Road here in Westchester which is a veritable Gothic wonderland. From the south it begins on Rye High School’s beautiful campus with the track and playing field across a brook from the neo-Gothic middle and high school buildings, with sympathic additions covered in the same stone. Immediately to the north is the Victorian Gothic Rye Presbyterian Church, built in 1870 by architect Richard Upjohn, whose son and grandson designed two later additions, respectively. Just north of Rye Presbyterian is the Church of the Resurrection, and a little further north of that is Christ’s Church Rye, both of which are in the Gothic style.

The photo above shows the top of the crossing tower of the Church of the Resurrection, a 1930 structure built for Rye’s Catholic parish, viewed from Milton Road. I popped round to the area today and took a few photos, though I did not go inside Resurrection, as there was a wedding taking place.

Another view of the tower.

The crossing tower viewed from the rear of the church.

A view of the south transept with neighbouring rectory.

An empty niche; not, as it would be back in Scotland, the result of Protestant iconoclasm but rather awaiting some good soul to contribute a worthy statue of a saint. Or perhaps awaiting the canonization of a local, I imagine.

A more full view of the church building.

The tower and spire of Rye High School, the local public (as in state-run) school. The first time I visited this neck of the woods was to see a lacrosse game between Rye and Mamaroneck. My friend Philip was on the Mamaroneck team, so a gang of us went over to cheer from the stands. Lacrosse being a fairly major sport here in the Northeast, the match was rather well-attended.

Below is the brook which seperates the playing field from the school buildings, though the view is taken on the other side of the Boston Post Road.

Published at 5:58 pm on Saturday 27 August 2005. Categories: Architecture Church New York.
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