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 […]
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The historically correct cornerstone reads “Second Church of Christ Scientist,” but the inscription over the doors now reads “First Church of Christ, Scientist.” Confusing? The Second Church of Christ, Scientist was actually completed in 1901, two years before the First Church of Christ, Scientist 28 blocks north, on 96th Street at Central Park West. The
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First Church of Christ, Scientist is entering its third life, reincarnated as a museum. After a century of worship in its West 96th Street home, First Church of Christ, Scientist sold its landmark building to Crenshaw Christian Center East. A decade later, Crenshaw sold the building to a developer intent on converting the structure to
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1275 Grand Concourse, built in 1927 as synagogue Temple Adath Israel, is now Grand Concourse Seventh Day Adventist Temple. Name: Grand Concourse Seventh Day Adventist Temple, Temple Adath Israel Location: 1275 Grand Concourse Year Completed: 1927 Architect: unknown Style: neo-Classical, Classical Revival National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form Google Map All images copyright ©
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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is said to be the world’s only cathedral financed by a single donation – that of industrialist Thomas Fortune Ryan and wife Ida Barry Ryan. Ryan family members are interred alongside Richmond bishops in the crypt below the cathedral’s altar. Together with the Bishop’s Residence, Priest’s House and supporting structures,
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is a landmark place of worship, used by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee. The church used to have extensive memorials to the Confederacy, but most have since been removed. Architecture Richmond notes that the church provides “a virtual museum of late 19th century stained glass. Works are
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Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was built in four major stages: The church proper was built in two stages under two architects, as funds became available; a matching parish house was later added; a modern parish hall completed the site. The North Laurel Street landmark faces Monroe Park and is adjacent to landmark Altria
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Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church (African Methodist Episcopal) is a 170-year-old landmark in the Jackson Ward Historic District of Downtown Richmond. Name: Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church Location: 16 West Clay Street Year Completed: 1850 Architect: Albert West Style: Gothic Revival National Register of Historic Places: Jackson Ward Facebook: Hood Temple AME Zion Church Google
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Black members of the multiracial First Baptist Church congregation purchased the existing (1802) church after white members built their own church on 12th Street, a block away. The black congregation added “African” to the church name. When the black congregation built a new church in 1876, it was patterned after the 12th Street church. Neither
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Trinity Episcopal Church, aka Trinity Church on the Green, is a Gothic Revival landmark completed in 1816. Ithial Town designed the church using New Haven trap rock. Name: Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Church on the Green Location: 230 Temple Street Year Completed: 1816 Architect: Ithial Town Style: Gothic Revival Wikipedia: Trinity Church on the Green
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