St. John’s Church is a historic Episcopal church at One Hudson Street in the Getty Square neighborhood of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. The complex includes the church, chapel, rectory, parish house, and school. The church was originally constructed in 1752, with an addition in 1849, and modifications to the front facade in 1874 by architect Edward Tuckerman Potter (1831–1904). It is constructed of rough gray fieldstone with red brick on the corners. It is cruciform in plan, three bays wide, with a slate-covered gable roof. The front facade features a rose window and four battered buttresses. The parish house and chapel were constructed in 1890–1891 and are connected to the church. The 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay-wide rectory was also constructed in 1890–1891 and is connected to the chapel. The additions made during 1890–1891 were by architect Robert Henderson Robertson (1849–1919). A group of women from the church founded St. John’s Riverside Hospital in 1869 to care for the poor of the parish.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
“Eva Smith Cochran was a member of St. John’s Church in the later part of the 19th Century and she left our city a shining example of vision and generosity. Her work and personal commitment were instrumental in the creation of enduring institutions in Yonkers, namely, St. John’s Riverside Hospital, The Cochran School of Nursing, Philipse Manor Hall, and St. John’s Episcopal Church. She was also instrumental in the creation of the Hollywood Working Men’s Club, which is now disbanded, and whose stunning Victorian structure has been demolished. She also built the St. Andrew’s Memorial Episcopal Church which was destroyed by fire. Her Son was also responsible for the founding of a hospital for those suffering from Tuberculosis which was located on Ridge Hill.
Her love for Yonkers and her neighbor are no better demonstrated than in her endowing the “Cool water fountain” located at the corner of Hudson Street and South Broadway, at the Southeast corner of the St. John’s Church campus. She designed this fountain to provide cool water for the many people who worked and shopped in Getty Square. It was a fitting monument for that location as the Christian faith sees refreshing water as a symbol for the spiritual support God gives to us through grace, love, forgiveness and healing. Our bodies have spirits, our spirits have bodies, and compassion honors both.” (St. John’s Church website).
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II