St. Stephen's Anglican Church

Reason for registration

the church's historical association with the New York Dutch Loyalists who settled in Argyle Township and because it displays an interesting amalgam of Gothic Revival and Greek Revival styles.

Character-defining elements

Exterior character-defining elements of St. Stephen's Anglican Church include:

- one-and-a-half storey wooden structure;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- sidewalls each have two Gothic Revival style windows;
- small, clover-leafed cross situated on the peak of the building near the front;
- large, square tower built onto one corner, with Gothic Revival style doorway;
- smaller Gothic Revival style window located on one side of the tower;
- double Gothic Revival style apertures with slats located on the tower;
- flying buttress motif on the front elevation corners;
- vestry addition in the rear;
- return eaves on the main part of the building;
- cornice moulding;
- slender shaft mouldings running along the corners of the tower;
- cemetery surrounding the church, with original grave markers.