Richard Upjohn drew the English Gothic plans for Bethesda Episcopal Church at 26 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs, New York. The parish here was incorporated in 1830; in 1841 it purchased the site of this very church and, following plans drawn by architect Richard Upjohn in English Gothic style, construction began in 1842. The first services were held in the building in 1844, and side aisles were added in 1856.
Later, in 1886, Mrs. Rockwell Putnam, widow of the owner of the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, donated money for construction of a tower in memory of her late husband. Architect A. Page Brown designed those additions in a Norman Romanesque style, and the work was completed in 1887. A notable feature of that renovation was the addition of Tiffany windows in the front facade.
Today the church stands as part of the Broadway Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property. Notice the Tiffany windows added in the 1887 renovation, set in the front facade of this Broadway Historic District landmark.