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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (New York, New York)
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal
church located at 2067 5th Avenue at 127th Street in the neighborhood of Harlem
in Manhattan
, New York City
. Built in 1872, it was designed by noted New York City architect Henry M. Congdon
(1834–1922) in the Gothic Revival
style. It features a 125 foot tall clock tower surmounted by a slate
covered spire
surrounded by four towerlets.
On March 18, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
. It is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York
.
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
church located at 2067 5th Avenue at 127th Street in the neighborhood of Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Built in 1872, it was designed by noted New York City architect Henry M. Congdon
Henry Martyn Congdon
Henry Martyn Congdon was an American architect and designer. The son of a founder of the New York Ecclesiological Society, he was born in Brooklyn, New York, and in 1854, graduated from Columbia College, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon....
(1834–1922) in the Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style. It features a 125 foot tall clock tower surmounted by a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
covered spire
Spire
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....
surrounded by four towerlets.
On March 18, 1980, it was added to 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...
. It is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York
Episcopal Diocese of New York
The Episcopal Diocese of New York is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island in New York City, and the New York state counties of Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and...
.