Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, New York)
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Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church | |
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(December 2009) | |
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| Location |
875 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York |
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| Coordinates: 42°55′15.31″N 78°52′37.17″W / 42.9209194°N 78.8769917°W | |
| Built | 1894 |
| Architect | Lansing & Beierl and North & Shelgren |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Reviva |
| NRHP Reference # | 09000630[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 21, 2009 |
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church complex located at 875 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The complex consists of the large cruciform-plan church building that was built in 1894 with an attached rear chapel. Adjoining them is the Community House that constructed of brick in the Tudor Revival style, that was built in 1921. The main church building is constructed of Medina sandstone with a terra cotta tile roof in the Romanesque Revival style. It features a 120-foot-tall (37 m), square bell tower with a pyramidal roof.[2] The church cost $150,000 to build and has a capacity of 1000 people
History
The current church was the parish's third, and was built in response to demand for a larger place of worship. The parish originally worshiped in a building located at Lafayette Square.[3]
The Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
Notes
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 8/24/09 THROUGH 8/28/09. National Park Service. 2009-09-04.
- ↑ Jennifer Walkowsky and Daniel McEneny (July 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-06-08. See also: "Accompanying 14 photos".
- ↑ Napora, James (1995). "Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church - 1894". Preservation Buffalo Niagara. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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