NYC / Manhattan / Fourth Universalist Society of New York

Fourth Universalist Society of New York, known as Church of the Divine Paternity from 1848 to 1967 – has its last Manhattan church at West 76th Street. The English Gothic design holds religious art by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Louis Comfort Tiffany within its limestone walls.

  • Name: Fourth Universalist Society of New York, Church of Divine Paternity
  • Location: 160 Central Park West
  • Year Completed: 1898
  • Architect: William A. Potter
  • Style: Gothic Revival, English Gothic
  • NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report
  • Fourth Universalist Society: Our History
  • cityseeker: Fourth Universalist Society
  • Google Map

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All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken June 2015

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