Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church
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Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church, known until 1963 as Hanson Place Baptist Church, is a historic Seventh-day Adventist Church
at 88 Hanson Place in Brooklyn
in New York City
. It was built between 1857 and 1860 and is a brick building on a brick foundation covered in stucco
. It features an entrance portico
topped by a steeply pitched pediment supported by four Corinthian
columns.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
at 88 Hanson Place in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
in New York City
New York City
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. It was built between 1857 and 1860 and is a brick building on a brick foundation covered in stucco
Stucco
Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...
. It features an entrance portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
topped by a steeply pitched pediment supported by four Corinthian
Corinthian order
The Corinthian order is one of the three principal classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric and Ionic. When classical architecture was revived during the Renaissance, two more orders were added to the canon, the Tuscan order and the Composite order...
columns.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1980.