Christ Episcopal Church
46 River Street, Cooperstown, NY
46 River Street, Cooperstown, NY
The Interior of the Church
The white oak rood screen separating the congregation from the chancel was given in memory of William Cooper by his great grandson, James Fenimore Cooper.
The matching screens in the chancel side aisles incorporate wood from the 1840 reredos given by James Fenimore Cooper, the author, in honor of his father, and which had been unceremoniously removed
The white oak rood screen separating the congregation from the chancel was given in memory of William Cooper by his great grandson, James Fenimore Cooper.
The matching screens in the chancel side aisles incorporate wood from the 1840 reredos given by James Fenimore Cooper, the author, in honor of his father, and which had been unceremoniously removed
in the 1890s. They were replaced during an enlargement of the chancel in 1916.
The marble baptismal font (located at the rear of the church under the balcony) was a gift in 1842 by Theodore Keese, George Pomeroy Keese, and Alice Bailey Keese. The bowl embedded in the font is the original baptismal bowl used by Father Nash.
A new church bell weighing 1500 lbs., given by the Rev. Dr. William C. Dix, rector of Trinity Church in New York City, in memory of his father, General John A. Dix, (a former member of the parish) was installed in June, 1893.
On Easter Day, 1897, the pulpit in memory of Father Nash, first rector of the parish, was put in place and used for the first time. The pulpit is of oak and brass with a bronze frontal of Christ blessing little children in relief. On April 27, 1997, the pulpit was rededicated, using the prayer book and order of service of 1897 together with excerpts of the original sermon.
The chancel pavement was given as a memorial to James Averell and his descendants by Mrs. E. H. Harriman in 1913. The tiles were made and set after the manner of medieval pavements. In the sanctuary are reproductions of tiles from old ecclesiastical pavements in Europe: a quatre-foil from Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire; a chequer of the 14th century from the Hotel deClugny, Paris, the wheel and the foliate circle from Castle Acre priory, England; the crossed lozenge of Saint Cross, in Hampshire; the eagle of Castile, quatrefoil and flowerets from the Ecclesiological Society collection, the locked squares from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, the bird of Sienna, 16th century Italian tile, the wheel of Bayeux, Normandy; the triangles of S. Benet, from Westminster Abbey; petals in double circle, a striped tile, Maltese Cross, fleur de lys. An especially interesting tile is one of quaint design inscribed in Latin with a quotation from the 46th Psalm. “There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God.” The tablet in the center of the chancel, EXULTEMUS IN DOMINE, is a thanksgiving for the recovery from illness of Gertrude Birdsall Duane.
The marble baptismal font (located at the rear of the church under the balcony) was a gift in 1842 by Theodore Keese, George Pomeroy Keese, and Alice Bailey Keese. The bowl embedded in the font is the original baptismal bowl used by Father Nash.
A new church bell weighing 1500 lbs., given by the Rev. Dr. William C. Dix, rector of Trinity Church in New York City, in memory of his father, General John A. Dix, (a former member of the parish) was installed in June, 1893.
On Easter Day, 1897, the pulpit in memory of Father Nash, first rector of the parish, was put in place and used for the first time. The pulpit is of oak and brass with a bronze frontal of Christ blessing little children in relief. On April 27, 1997, the pulpit was rededicated, using the prayer book and order of service of 1897 together with excerpts of the original sermon.
The chancel pavement was given as a memorial to James Averell and his descendants by Mrs. E. H. Harriman in 1913. The tiles were made and set after the manner of medieval pavements. In the sanctuary are reproductions of tiles from old ecclesiastical pavements in Europe: a quatre-