105 Chapel St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire. County/parish: Rockingham.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 31, 1978. NRIS 78000417.
1 contributing building.
St. John's Church is a historic church at 101 Chapel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The brick building was designed by Alexander Parris and built in 1807; it was the first brick church in the state of New Hampshire, and is a rare surviving early design by Parris. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The church is home to an Episcopal congregation organized in 1732, with roots in the city's 17th-century founding.
The church reported 1121 members in 2016 and 726 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $828,137 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 211 persons.
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