Architect
James Renwick, Jr. designed churches and institutional buildings in nineteenth-century Manhattan.
Compare St. Patrick's Cathedral, Grace Church, and St. Stephen's. Their scale and architectural details offer different examples of his church designs.
7 building histories
Religious · 1843-46
800 Broadway, New York, NY
The Gothic Revival truly began in New York City in 1846 with the advent of two new churches of great significance. One was Richard Upjohn*s new Trinity Church at Wall Street; the other was James Renwick, Jr.'s Grace...
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804 Broadway, New York, NY
The Grace Church Rectory is probably one of the finest Gothic Revival residences in Manhattan. It belongs to that early phase of the Gothic Revival in which an attempt was made, by differentiating the bay windows, to...
Read the storyReligious · 1882-83
96 4th Avenue, New York, NY
This handsome Gothic style building is one of the finest in the City. It is an integral part of a picturesque group of buildings, all designed in similar style, that form part of the Grace Church complex, and it is an...
Read the storyReligious · 1858-59
266 Mulberry Street, New York, NY
St. Michael's Chapel of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture, was built in 1858-59 as a chancery office and was designed by James Renwick, Jr., in association with William Rodrigue....
Read the storyReligious · 1882-83
288 East 10th Street, New York, NY
This lively and picturesque brick and terra cotta church complex was constructed in 1882-83 as the Memorial Chapel of St. Mark’s Parish, and was donated to the church by Rutherford Stuyvesant in memory of his deceased...
Read the storyReligious · 1858-79
50th Street & 5th Avenue, New York, NY
James Renwick designed St. Patrick's Cathedral for a site on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets. Its cornerstone was laid in 1858, but the Civil War and funding difficulties interrupted construction. The...
Read the storyReligious · 1853-54
151 East 28th Street, New York, NY
St. Stephen’s Church (The Church of Our Lady of the Scapular and St. Stephen) is a particularly early example of the Romanesque Revival style, located on East 28th Street near Murray Hill and Kips Bay in Manhattan.
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