Messiah Mission Church (New York City)
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Messiah Mission Church, also known as Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, was a Lutheran church in the Inwood
neighborhood of Manhattan
. The congregation was founded in 1916 and a two-storey brick school and chapel was built 1926 to designs by George W. Conable
46 West 24th Street, at 198-200 Sherman Avenue. The pastor who built the 1926 school church was Frederick P. Wilhem of 609 West 204th Street.
Messiah merged in 1945 with St. Matthew's Lutheran Church with that congregation moving into Messiah's building. Messiah's church was sold when St. Matthew's (with Messiah) moved into a newly built church at 202 Sherman Avenue, Inwood, in 1957.
Inwood
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neighborhood of Manhattan
Manhattan
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. The congregation was founded in 1916 and a two-storey brick school and chapel was built 1926 to designs by George W. Conable
George W. Conable
George W. Conable , AIA, was an American architect practicing in New York City in the early to mid 20th century specializing in churches. In 1905 he was an assistant to noted architect Ernest Flagg and prepared plans and working drawings for the Singer Building. His office was at 15 Myrtle Avenue,...
46 West 24th Street, at 198-200 Sherman Avenue. The pastor who built the 1926 school church was Frederick P. Wilhem of 609 West 204th Street.
Messiah merged in 1945 with St. Matthew's Lutheran Church with that congregation moving into Messiah's building. Messiah's church was sold when St. Matthew's (with Messiah) moved into a newly built church at 202 Sherman Avenue, Inwood, in 1957.