St. James Episcopal Church | |
Location: | 4526 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, New York, US |
Map Type: | New York#USA |
Religious Affiliation: | Episcopal, Anglican |
District: | Diocese of New York |
Status: | Parish church |
Province: | Province II |
Leadership: | The Rev. Meredith Kadet Sanderson |
Website: | St. James Church Hyde Park |
Architecture Type: | Church |
Architecture Style: | Gothic Revival |
Year Completed: | 1844 |
St. James Episcopal Church is a parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, located at 4526 Albany Post Road (U.S. Route 9) in Hyde Park, New York, across the street from the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. The church is associated with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, whose family estate is located 2.7 miles south of the church. Roosevelt served in the vestry and as senior warden of the church, even during his presidency, and he, his wife Eleanor, and their family regularly attended service there whenever they were in Hyde Park.[1]
The churchyard contains the graves or memorials of a variety of notables, including several members of Franklin Roosevelt's family.