Editing Christ Church (section)

== Architecture ==

Christ Church is considered one of the finest examples of '''Georgian ecclesiastical architecture''' in America.

=== Exterior ===
* '''Material:''' Red brick with white trim
* '''Steeple:''' 196 feet, wood-frame construction
* '''Windows:''' Palladian window over the altar (east end)
* '''Entrance:''' Classical portico with columns

=== Interior ===

* '''Chancel:''' Original 18th-century configuration preserved
* '''Pulpit:''' Elevated wine-glass pulpit (preaching was central to colonial worship)
* '''Pews:''' Many original box pews with historic nameplates
* '''Chandelier:''' Brass chandelier installed 1744
* '''Organ:''' 1737 case housing modern pipe organ

=== Palladian Window ===

The church's east-end Palladian window, featuring a semicircular fan above two rectangular openings, floods the altar with natural light and is considered the finest example of its type in colonial American architecture.