Asbury
Methodist Church of Crestwood - 167 Scarsdale
Road
The
Asbury Church, one of the oldest in this Country, was named for
Francis
Asbury, the pioneering Methodist
Minister who came to America (and what is now Crestwood) in 1771.
Two years later, under his guidance, a local Methodist Society was
formed... In 1797 the Sherwood
Chapel was built on the land of
Moses and Tamer Sherwood. In 1835 the Church
was incorporated as the First Methodist Church of the Town of
Yonkers. This name remained until 1942 when official action was
taken to change the name to Asbury Methodist Church of Crestwood,
New York. The present structure was dedicated February 20, 1867, on
the 100th anniversary of Methodism in America. It was built using
marble from the quarries in Tuckahoe. For complete text/photos
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Church of the
Annunciation, Crestwood
- 470 Westchester
Avenue
The founding of what is now the
Annunciation parish started with a Sears & Roebuck kit building
assembled on the grounds of St. Eleanora’s
Home (where St. Vladimir’s Seminary now stands) on
Scarsdale Road. The Chapel was, at that time, a mission of the
Immaculate Conception of Tuckahoe, with services performed by
priests from that parish.. On May 10, 1931 the "Church of the
Annunciation, Crestwood" was incorporated under the direction of
Father Timothy Dugan, who led the parish until his death in 1957.
The land where the present church stands, on the northwest corner of
Westchester Avenue and St. Eleanora’s Lane, was purchased in 1932.
Six months after the initial ground-breaking, the Church (now the
Lower Church in the present structure) was completed by late fall of
1936. The construction of the upper Church began in 1956. The formal
dedication of the completed structure by Francis Cardinal Spellman
took place on May 11, 1958. For complete text/photos
click here
St. John’s Episcopal
Church, Tuckahoe - 100 Underhill
Street
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