Henry Codman Potter Memorial Buildings were dedicated on April 17, 1912. They represented "the most up-to-date features in model tenement construction, in sanitation, in comfort and convenience of living." The dedicatory tablet read: "To the Memory of Henry Codman Potter Bishop of New York And in Grateful Recognition of His Life of Wisdom and Courage and Righteousness and Service." "The Church" is a speech by Potter as found in Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z. 1835 births 1908 deaths People from Schenectady, New York Episcopal bishops of New York Clark family Virginia Theological Seminary alumni