St. George's Church (Manhattan)
| St. George's Church | |
|---|---|
 View from East in 2016 | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style |
Greek Revival (for old church)[1] Byzantine Revival Postmodern architecture (for 1977 church) |
| Town or city | New York, New York |
| Country | United States of America |
| Construction started | 1976[2] |
| Completed | c.1840, 1977[2] |
| Demolished | 1976[1] |
| Client | Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, Ukrainian Catholic Church |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Masonry |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Apollinaire Osadca[2] |
St. George's Church is a Ukrainian Catholic church located in the East Village, Manhattan of New York City on E. 7th Street at the southeast corner of Hall Place.[3]
Buildings
The previous church was located at East 7th Street, between Hall Place and Second Avenue. The former St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church was originally built in the 1840s by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was adapted to the Ukrainian Byzantine rite in 1911.[4] later termed the Old Building by the new Ukrainian Catholic owners. The AIA Guide to NYC (Revised Edition 1978) described it as “A Greek Revival temple in stucco, with a mini-onion dome.” The AIA regretted the “domed symbol of the parish’s wealth and burgeoning membership: Miami Beach on 7th Street replaces the real Greek Revival thing.”[2] The AIA Guide to NYC (Fifth Edition, 2010) clarified that that church was built in 1840 and demolished in 1976 "to provide off-street parking for the congregation's new building next door."[1]
The present church building was built in 1977 to designs by architect Apollinaire Osadca. It replaced an earlier church.[2][5]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City. American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (Fifth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-19-538386-7.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York City: Collier Books, 1978), p.101.
- ↑ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.327.
- ↑ History of St. George's Church
- ↑ David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.) p. 205.
Coordinates: 40°43′42.19″N 73°59′23.16″W / 40.7283861°N 73.9897667°W
