Church of The Presidents (New Jersey) - Architectural Features

Architectural Features

• The Carpenter Gothic chapel is a wooden structure on a brick masonry base.
• Two stained glass windows identified as works by the Louis Comfort Tiffany Studios were installed in the 19th Century.
• The roof is made from cedar shake. A new ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber seal was installed on the building’s tower in 2007.
• Decorative quatrefoils on the outside perimeter of the parapet are of Spanish mahogany.
• The building remained unchanged from 1879 to 1895, when an imposing crenellated tower was added.
• Also on the chapel property is a small building called The Garfield Tea House. It was built from railroad ties that were laid in 1881 to create a rail spur to transport the mortally wounded President Garfield from the Elberon train depot to the Francklyn cottage, where he died.