{"id":21,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:11","latitude":35.78107349999999797773853060789406299591064453125,"longitude":-78.63795790000000351938069798052310943603515625,"title":"Christ Episcopal Church","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/687da9d6cde93bfe971c611194dae666.jpg","address":"120 East Edenton Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"English-born architect Richard Upjohn, founder of the American Institute of Architects, designed this granite church in the early English parish style of Gothic architecture. The church features a Latin-cross plan and a stone bell tower, completed after the main building, in 1861. It is one of the four ecclesiastical anchors of Union (Capitol) Square and has been designated a National Historic Landmark.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1848-1852, 1859-1861","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/ChristEpiscopalChurch_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christ Episcopal Church Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/687da9d6cde93bfe971c611194dae666.jpg":{"id":75,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Christ Episcopal Church, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of A. 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