Religious · 1824-25
51 Market Street, New York, NY
The 51 Market Street House is a very fine urban example of the Late Federal Style of architecture. This house exemplifies the architecture of the newly-created Republic, superceding the heavier Georgian Style. This...
Read the story Religious · 1922-23
142 West 138th Street, New York, NY
The Abyssinian Baptist Church, built in 1922-23, is the home of one of New York City's oldest church organizations and the second oldest within the family of African-American churches, in Manhattan.
Read the story Religious · 1849-50
176 Norfolk Street, New York, NY
The building at 172-176 Norfolk Street is the oldest surviving structure built as a synagogue in New York City. Constructed in 1849-50, it was commissioned for Congregation Anshe Chesed, the third Jewish congregation to...
Read the story Religious · 1850
64 Norfolk Street, New York, NY
Striking in, profile, this smooth-faced stone Synagogue is an interesting example of modified Gothic Revival architecture. Raised on a platform of steps above the street, the recessed center section of the symmetrical...
Read the story Religious · 1826
7 Willett Street, New York, NY
This severely plain building of the late Federal Period is one of the few of its type remaining in New York City. The simple exterior, built of cut stone, is pleasing with its great strength and dignity. The three...
Read the story Religious · 1908-10
Broadway & West 120th Street, New York, NY
Rising high above the lower buildings adjacent to them, in the quadrangle of the Union Theological Seminary, the Brown Memorial Tower in the southeast corner and the James Tower set in the middle of the Claremont Avenue...
Read the story Religious · 1892-1911
1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY
One of the great religious structures of the world, the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, located at Amsterdam Avenue and West 112th Street in Morningside Heights, is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of New...
Read the story Religious · 1885-86
417 W 57th Street, New York, NY
The Catholic Apostolic Church, built in 1885-86, was one of architect Francis H. Kimball's earliest independent commissions in New York City. He had previously worked mostly in Hartford, Connecticut, where he supervised...
Read the story Religious · 1871-72
652 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Central Synagogue is the oldest Jewish House of Worship in continuous service in the State of New York. Although the plan is Gothic in arrangement, this stone Temple is our finest extant example of the Moorish Revival...
Read the story Religious · 1892-1894
281 Park Avenue South, New York, NY
An elegant reminder of the distinctive neighborhood which developed along Park Avenue South between 21st and 23rd Streets during the 1890s, the Church Missions House was the joint product of architects Robert Williams...
Read the story Religious · 1909-10
405 West 114th Street, New York, NY
The Church of Notre Dame is a magnificent stone structure designed in the elegant French neoclassic style of the early Nineteenth Century, The architects' refined sense of scale has skillfully imposed on this...
Read the story Religious · 1895-1900
980 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Monumental in scale and impressive in appearance, the Park Avenue facade of this dignified Twentieth Century Church reflects the classical style of Seventeenth Century Rome. The symmetrical masonry exterior of...
Read the story Religious · 1895-97
540 West End Avenue, New York, NY
As the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church and parish house at West End Avenue and West 86th Street neared completion, the New York Times of March 6, 1897 commented that the buildings comprised "one of the handsomest...
Read the story Religious · 1875-85
8 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY
The Church of St. Paul the Apostle, located at the southwest corner of Columbus Avenue and 60th Street in Manhattan, was built in 1875-85. Commissioned by the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, commonly called...
Read the story Religious · 1846-48
9th Avenue & West 28th Street, New York, NY
The outstanding feature of the Church of the Holy apostles is its very handsome spire which is enhanced by unusual detail. In its relatively small size and in the context of its modern environment, the scale of...
Read the story Religious · 1844-46
Avenue of the Americas & West 20th Street, New York, NY
Although an urban church, this small Gothic Revival group of buildings has more nearly the feeling of a rural parish. The extreme simplicity of the architecture and the picturesque profile of roofs and towers give to...
Read the story Religious · 1844
47 West 20th Street, New York, NY
The Gothic Revival Rectory of the Church of the Holy Communion should be considered as a part of the charming group of buildings, including the church of which it forms a part. Yet, taken by itself and considered as a...
Read the story Religious · 1894
412 East 14th Street, New York, NY
This boldly severe Gothic Eclectic church of stone and Roman brick, has great distinction and individuality in its design and architectural composition. The clean cut profile of the free standing tower, is handsomely...
Read the story Religious · 1864
209 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
This handsome Gothic Revival church and adjacent parish house occupy a prominent corner Site at Madison Avenue and East 35th Street. Designed by architect Emlen T. Littell, the church was built in 1864. The present...
Read the story Religious · 1911-14
Broadway & West 155th Street, New York, NY
Here in this modern version of Gothic architecture is a remarkable complex of buildings forming a truly picturesque group which houses the many functions of today's church activities.
Read the story Religious · 1801
25 Mott Street, New York, NY
This early church, like the Church of Sea and Land and St. Augustine's Chapel, belongs to the Georgian-Gothic architectural tradition. This is a church, built in Federal times which follows the Georgian rectangular plan...
Read the story Religious · 1894
414 East 14th Street, New York, NY
This pair of three and one-half story brick and stone Clergy Houses in French Renaissance Eclectic style, have about them an air of refined elegance in their purity of design, and in the excellent refinement of their...
Read the story Religious · 1896-97
99 Central Park West, New York, NY
The synagogue of the Congregation Shearith Israel was built in 1896-97 from plans by the architectural firm of Brunner & Tryon. This masonry building, referred to as the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is the fourth...
Read the story Religious · 1886-87
16 Eldridge Street, New York, NY
The Synagogue of Khal Adath Jeshurun with Anshe Lubz, more familiarly known as the Eldridge Street Synagogue, was the first and finest synagogue erected on the Lower East Side by the Orthodox East European Ashkenazic...
Read the story Religious · 1867-68
547 East 11th Street, New York, NY
The Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel (later People’s Home Church and Settlement, now The Father’s Heart Church) was constructed in 1867-68 to the design of prominent architects William Field and Son. The firm...
Read the story Religious · 1899-1903
1 West 96th Street, New York, NY
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1899-1903 at the northeast corner of Central Park West and 96th Street, was designed by the noted architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings and is in the finest tradition...
Read the story Religious · 1867
9 East 7th Street, New York, NY
This French Second Empire building occupies a corner plot so that the two impressive facades can be advantageously viewed at the same time. The century-old three story masonry structure with mansard roof and low...
Read the story Religious · 1908
242 East 7th Street, New York, NY
This small, classical revival style synagogue building is a fine and rare surviving example of the numerous small synagogues that were constructed during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on the Lower...
Read the story Religious · 1812
103 Washington Street, New York, NY
The former St. George’s Syrian Catholic Church is the most significant remnant of the Lower Manhattan immigrant enclave known as the “Syrian Quarter,” the “Mother Colony” of Syrians and Lebanese in America. Immigrants...
Read the story Religious · 1913-14
21 Wadsworth Avenue, New York, NY
Fort Washington Presbyterian Church, built 1913-14 to the designs of Thomas Hastings of the firm of Carrère & Hastings as a daughter church to West Park Presbyterian Church, is an imposing neo-Georgian building,...
Read the story Religious · 1859
144 East 20th Street, New York, NY
The Friends Meeting House is a two-story building with basement. It is a restrained and successful example of Anglo-Italianate architecture. Its calculated restraint and understatement reflect the English component in...
Read the story Religious · 1861
221 East 15th Street, New York, NY
In 1861 the "Hicksite" Quakers built a three story brick meeting house at the northwest corner of Rutherford Place and East Fifteenth Street. Its simple pedimented entrance porch and double hung muntined sash with plain...
Read the story 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...
Read the story Religious · 1846
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 story Religious · 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 story Religious · 1897-98
149 West 123rd Street, New York, NY
An embodiment of the cultural life of Harlem during the past century, from its period of great urbanization through its physical and demographic changes, the (former) St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church was...
Read the story Religious · 1897
316 East 88th Street, New York, NY
The bell-tower of Holy Trinity Church is without question one of the most beautiful in New York City. Dominating the remarkable group of buildings of which it is a part, the tower is an outstanding example of the French...
Read the story Religious · 1841
44 John Street, New York, NY
John Street Methodist Church is a fine small church with an outstanding Anglo-Italianate facade. The church has remained virtually untouched in the heart of the financial district since it was built over a century ago....
Read the story Religious · 1877
54 Washington Square South, New York, NY
Standing on the south side of Washington Square, this Italian Renaissance Eclectic building and ten story Tower combine to form a striking composition. The walls are warm yellow Roman Brick and represent the...
Read the story Religious · 1892
55 Washington Square South, New York, NY
Sitting proudly on a corner lot of Washington Square South, this small rectangular church, with its sharply defined gable roof, is a superb example of Italian Renaissance Eclectic architecture. Adjacent to and...
Read the story Religious · 1926-27
280 Broome Street, New York, NY
The Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue was constructed in 1926-27 for a small group of Romaniote Jews who had emigrated from the town of Ioannina in northwestern Greece. They had begun moving to the United States in 1905...
Read the story Religious · 1851-54
275 5th Avenue, New York, NY
As its name implies, the material used on the exterior of this Church is marble. This striking edifice, with a tower and spire which resembles that of a New England wooden church, commands a corner site, where it can be...
Read the story Religious · 1842
12 Oliver Street, New York, NY
This small rectangular building was the basic type of church structure during the Greek Revival period of the 1830's and 40's. The recessed portico with its two handsome Ionic columns is flanked on either side by plain...
Read the story Religious · 1884-85
151 West 128th Street, New York, NY
Designed in two sections by different architects, the Metropolitan Baptist Church (originally the New York Presbyterian Church) is a fine example of the many new churches built in Harlem during the late 19th century at...
Read the story Religious · 1923-25
148 West 137th Street, New York, NY
In 1914, when Mother Zion moved to Harlem, the black population of that community was centered on the streets of the West 130s, between Fifth and Eighth avenues. Not just Mother Zion, but others of New York's most...
Read the story Religious · 1809-15
263 Mulberry Street, New York, NY
Although only the shell of this building remained intact after the church was completely gutted by a fire in 1836, the original Cathedral, when completed in 1815, was one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival...
Read the story Religious · 1826
32 Prince Street, New York, NY
This Late Federal Style institutional building was a popular type in the post-Revolutionary period* This three story brick structure with attic and low basement, retains a great deal of its original character. Formal in...
Read the story Religious · 1902-04
467 West 142nd Street, New York, NY
Constructed on the north side of West 142nd Street, Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church is located on a mid-block site measuring 75 by 100 feet. Built by the O' Reilly Brothers in 1902-04, the firm's design...
Read the story Religious · 1889-90
163 East 67th Street, New York, NY
Unlike most congregations which were formed by groups of Jews of Similar national origin, Zichron Ephraim founded because of the personal convictions of Rabbi Bernard Drachman (1861-1945), and his father-in-law, Jonas...
Read the story Religious · 1897
332 East 88th Street, New York, NY
The dignified three-story French Renaissance Parsonage of Holy Trinity Church is one of the three separate entities comprising this unusual ecclesiastical complex. This building is constructed of the same materials as...
Read the story Religious · 1903-04
15 Pike Street, New York, NY
The Pike Street Synagogue, constructed in 1903-04 for the Congregation Sons of Israel Kalwarie, is a rare surviving synagogue building from that period of New York's history when the Lower East Side served as America's...
Read the story Religious · 1888-89
18 West 122nd Street, New York, NY
Saint Martin's Rectory adjoins the rear of the St. Martin's Church on 122nd Street. This three and one half story rugged Romanesque Revival building has great dignity and architectural character. The continuous second...
Read the story Religious · 1913-14
409 West 114th Street, New York, NY
The Rectory of Notre Dame is a handsome three story building of gray brick and stone designed as a modified version of a Sixteenth Century palazzo. It has a wide front facade but comparatively little depth in order to...
Read the story Religious · 1883-86
47 East 129th Street, New York, NY
The Roman Catholic Church of All Saints, with its lively and animated design and exceptionally fine ornament, was created by one of New York’s leading nineteenth century architects, James Renwick, Jr., of the firm of...
Read the story Religious · 1907
112 East 106th Street, New York, NY
Saint Cecilia's Convent is in the heart of that section of East part known as "El Barrio" The convent building was altered to its present appearance by Neville & Bagge in 1907. The Convent of Saint Cecilia and the...
Read the story Religious · 1799
131 E 10th St, New York, NY
As seen today, Saint Marks-in-the-Bowery is a church which represents construction over a considerable period of time. The main body of the church with its fieldstone walls and handsomely trimmed round arched windows,...
Read the story Religious · 1893-94
157 5th Avenue, New York, NY
This handsome Beaux-Arts office building served for many years as the corporate home of Charles Scribner's Sons, the noted publishing firm now located in mid+own Manhattan. Built in 1893-94, it was designed by the...
Read the story Religious · 1817
Market Street & Henry Street, New York, NY
The attractive Georgian-Gothic church is constructed in a manner simpler than but similar to St. Paul's Chapel although it was built almost fifty years later. It is a survival of the Georgian architectural tradition...
Read the story Religious · 1850-55
15 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Justly celebrated for its fine proportions, this imposing brownstone structure is an excellent example of the large metropolitan church done in the English Gothic Revival style. It is a pleasing edifice, rugged in...
Read the story Religious · 1902-04
217 West 132nd Street, New York, NY
The richly ornamented, polychrome St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church was built in 1902-04 to
the design of William W. Renwick based on Italian Gothic prototypes, an unusual source of stylistic inspiration for buildings...
Read the story Religious · 1889-91
2067 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The architectural composition of Saint Andrew's Church is distinctive and picturesque in the Gothic manner. Constructed of rock faced granite, the Church's rugged appearance has a solid quality and great dignity. The...
Read the story Religious · 1829
290 Henry Street, New York, NY
St. Augustine's Chapel, formerly All Saints Church, is one of those interesting churches of the Federal Period which clung conservatively to the basic Georgian church form. In the Federal manner, its central tower is...
Read the story Religious · 1917-19
109 East 50th Street, New York, NY
Imposing in mass, striking in appearance and in form, this impressive church occupies a prominent Park Avenue site where it sits enthroned in all its splendor. One of the most striking features of St. Bartholomew's is...
Read the story Religious · 1883-87
120 East 106th Street, New York, NY
Saint Cecilia's Church, in the heart of, that section of East Harlem known as "El Barrio," was completed in 1887 according to the designs of the noted architectural firm of Napoleon Le Brun & Sons. Saint Cecilia's...
Read the story Religious · 1846-56
E 16th St & Rutherford Pl, New York, NY
Many buildings in New York are difficult to encompass fully because they are so often located in blocks facing on narrow streets. In the case of St. George's Church, however, beautifully located on a corner site facing...
Read the story Religious · 1835-37
32 James Street, New York, NY
St. James Roman Catholic Church is one of the monuments of the Greek Revival in New York City, due to the beautiful proportions of its elements and to the refinement of its Greek detail. This handsome church is an...
Read the story Religious · 1910-13
1071 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Ordered but vital monumentality is the quality with which the St. Jean Baptiste Church impresses on the passerby. Nicholas Sirracino designed it in the style of the Italian Renaissance with a four-column pedimented...
Read the story Religious · 1887-88
230 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY
The beautiful Romanesque Revival Church of St. Martin's can be seen from many blocks away as its impressive tower rises above the surrounding house tops. This high tower with its narrow arched openings, is the dominant...
Read the story Religious · 1908-09
523 West 126th Street, New York, NY
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopa) Church in Manhattanville has been in continuous service for almost 175 years on its original site. In 1823, the village founders solicited the Rev. William Richmond, rector of St....
Read the story Religious · 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 story Religious · 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 story Religious · 1902
15 East 97th Street, New York, NY
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral was built in 1901-02 from the designs of John Bergesen, a New York City architect of Russian origin. Its style is derived from Baroque architecture as it had evolved in Moscow....
Read the story Religious · 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 story Religious · 1904-07
Amsterdam Avenue & 117th Street, New York, NY
St. Paul's Chapel attains an altogether pleasing dignity from its beautiful proportions and handsome architectural details. This brick building with limestone trim is highlighted with terra cotta ornament and ornamental...
Read the story Religious · 1764-66
Broadway & Fulton Street, New York, NY
Among the very few Eighteenth Century buildings which remain to us today, St. Paul's Chapel is undoubtedly the most notable both architecturally and historically. The fact that it is the oldest existing church edifice...
Read the story Religious · 1836-40
22 Barclay Street, New York, NY
St. Peter's Church is an impressive granite building with a fine six-columned portico and a low-angled gable (pediment). The extreme simplicity of the smooth masonry walls lends an air of great dignity to this building....
Read the story Religious · 1910-11
216 West 134th Street, New York, NY
St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, built in 1910-11, is the fourth home of New York City's first African-American congregation of Protestant Episcopalians. From its beginnings as the African Episcopal...
Read the story Religious · 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.
Read the story Religious · 1909-14
3 West 53rd Street, New York, NY
To many, this Church is the most beautiful in the City. Although influenced by French Gothic architecture, this limestone structure is quite unlike any Gothic Church to be found on the continent. Its detail is based on...
Read the story Religious · 1930
151 East 65th Street, New York, NY
The St. Vincent Ferrer Complex consists of four buildings: the church , the priory, the Holy Name Society Building, and the school, all of which display elements based on the Gothic style and form a unified ensemble....
Read the story Religious · 1876
227 Bowery, New York, NY
No. 227 Bowery is significant for its 103-year history as the home of the Bowery Mission, a religious based organization that has fed, housed and cared for countless homeless men on the Lower East Side for more than 130...
Read the story Religious · 1894-95
145 West 46th Street, New York, NY
The Free Church of Saint Mary-the-Virgin complex, including the church, Clergy House, Mission House, Rectory and Lady Chapel, was designed by Pierre L. LeBrun of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons in 1894. The church, long a center...
Read the story Religious · 1897
308 West 122nd Street, New York, NY
The Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church, with its distinctive facade combining elements of the Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival styles, was constructed in 1897 for the Second Reformed Presbyterian Church of...
Read the story Religious · 1928-30
498 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
Located in Morningside Heights on a high bluff overlooking the Hudson River, The Riverside Church is one of the best-known religious structures in New York City. An ecumenical church, with its roots in the Baptist faith...
Read the story Religious · 1917-18
75 East 93rd Street, New York, NY
Formerly a part of one of the most extensive early Twentieth Century town houses in New York and now The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, this handsome L-shaped unit has great...
Read the story Religious · 1846
Broadway & Wall Street, New York, NY
The present Trinity Church, completed in 1846, is the third edifice of this Episcopal parish, founded in 1697, to stand on this prominent site, closing the vista at the end of Wall Street. The present Church is one of...
Read the story Religious · 1893-94
147 West 91st Street, New York, NY
Built according to the designs of Charles Coolidge Haight in 1893-94 and the oldest continuously operated school in Manhattan, Trinity School is a prime example of the English Collegiate Gothic style of architecture....
Read the story Religious · 1911-14
540 West 155th Street, New York, NY
The Vicarage is an integral part of the group of buildings adjoining the Chapel of the Intercession. The building is a spacious house connected to the Chapel by a handsome cloister surrounding a small inner courtyard....
Read the story Religious · 1892-93
368 West End Avenue, New York, NY
The West End Collegiate Church and School are a well integrated group of buildings executed in a uniform style of architecture providing an accent of quaint charm among the surrounding high rise apartments of West End...
Read the story Religious · 1883-85
165 West 86th Street, New York, NY
The West Park Presbyterian Church is considered to be one of the best examples of a Romanesque Revival style religious structure in New York City. The extraordinarily deep color of its red sandstone cladding and the...
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