North Presbyterian Church (Manhattan)
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North Presbyterian Church | |
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| Location | 525 West 155th Street, New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′57″N 73°56′39″W / 40.83250°N 73.94417°WCoordinates: 40°49′57″N 73°56′39″W / 40.83250°N 73.94417°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architect | Bannister & Schell; Edwin Outwater, builder; Eli Benedict, Memorial Building[1] |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Late Gothic Revival[1] |
| NRHP Reference # | 13001153 |
| Added to NRHP | February 5, 2014 |
North Presbyterian Church names a house of worship at 525 West 155th Street in Manhattan, New York City;[2] its congregation, whose history begins in 1847; and two demolished churches which were its past homes.
North Church was founded in 1847 and formerly located on the northeast corner of 31st Street and Ninth Avenue; that building was demolished in 1903 to make way for the construction of Pennsylvania Station. The present congregation is the result of a 1905 merger with the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church, built in 1860 at 1920 Amsterdam Avenue, on the southwest corner of 155th Street.[3][4]
The present church was designed by Bannister & Schell,[3]:159 a partnership of William F. Bannister and Richard M. Schell,[3]:107 and dedicated in November 1905.[4] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 2014.[5]
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- 1 2 Whisenhunt, Jennifer (2013-10-22). Betsworth, Jennifer, ed. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: North Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-31. – via "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
- ↑ North Presbyterian Church website
- 1 2 3 Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004). "Holyrood Church", p. 106–07; "North Presbyterian Church", p. 159; "Washington Heights Presbyterian Church", pp. 290–91.
- 1 2 "North Church Dedicated". The New York Observer Vol. 83 No. 45 (November 9, 1905). p.608 (not to be confused with p. 608 for May 11, in the same volume).
- ↑ "North Presbyterian Church". National Park Service Focus. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2016-03-30 – via Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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