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The Episcopal presence in CanandaiguaNew York begins about 1799 with the St. Matthew Society a missionary group. St. John’s Episcopal Church was organized in 1814 and first met in the Ontario County New York Court House in Canandaigua. St. John’s erected a wooden church building in 1816. Bishop John Henry Hobart consecrated it that year. The brick rectory was constructed alongside the church in 1851. Steady congregational growth necessitated more space.
