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| Keywords: Church-of-the-Advocate-Phila.png 80003620 w Church of the Advocate a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia Pennsylvania <br>Building/structure dates 1890 initial construction<br>National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number 80003620<br>Significance It is the consummate example of French Gothic Revival architecture in America dating from late in the 19th century While the sanctuary's unique form drawn from a variety of French sources is significant in its own right the church's lavish decorative program vaults the structure forward as one of the nation's finest religious edifices In a Ruskinian mode skilled artisans were given free range in sculpting and carving the high gothic foliage figures pinnacles crockets geometric patterning and furniture The church's lavish architectural ornament is exceeded only by its nearly seventy stained glass windows designed by a preeminent English firm and comprising a full complex program unmatched by other period ecclesiastical construction Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey http //loc gov/pictures/item/pa3865/ HABS PA 51-PHILA 734-2 Author HABS PA 51-PHILA 734-2 See also Historic American Buildings Survey http //loc gov/pictures/item/pa3886/ Church of the Advocate Parish House http //loc gov/pictures/item/pa3866/ Church of the Advocate Chapel Gate http //loc gov/pictures/item/pa3887/ Church of the Advocate Rectory Churches in Philadelphia Churches in the United States built in 1897 Built in Pennsylvania in 1897 1890s churches in Pennsylvania Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania Gothic revival churches in Pennsylvania Stone churches in Pennsylvania Religious buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia | ||||
