Church of the Intercession (Manhattan)

Coordinates: 40°49′56″N 73°56′50″W / 40.83222°N 73.94722°W / 40.83222; -73.94722
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Chapel of the Intercession Complex
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue[3]
Architectural stylechurch: Late English Gothic Revival, and others[3]
vicarage: Tudor Revival[4]
NRHP reference No.80002677[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1980
Designated NYCLAugust 16, 1966

The Church of the Intercession is an

Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in the Gothic Revival style. From 1906–1976, it was a chapel of Trinity Church.[2]

The Church of the Intercession and its

New York City Landmarks in 1966,[3][4] and the complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[5]

History

The congregation which became the Church of the Intercession was founded in 1846 in Carmansville, a hamlet which would later be known as

10th Street
.

In 1847, the congregation completed building their first sanctuary, a

Tenth Avenue (now Amsterdam Avenue). The building's outline can still be seen on what was the adjoining building. In 1871, the vestry decided to move the parish and sell the building.[2]

The congregation's next church was a stone building designed by Rembrandt Lockwood

158th Street and Grand Boulevard, which is now Broadway.[8] However, dissension within the congregation suppressed financial support for the parish, which became insolvent; the church was attached by the sheriff, and services proceeded only on the sufferance of the authorities.[2]

Eventually, the congregation was able to recover the church, but by 1906 it was overcrowded, and the parish was still in debt. To alleviate these problems, a deal was struck with Trinity Church, which had intended to build a chapel on the grounds of its cemetery, to disestablish the Church of the Intercession as an independent parish, to become a Trinity Chapel, the Chapel of the Intercession.

Decorated Period can be seen in the tracery of the pointed windows, and the tower suggests the Tudor style.[3] The church was built by Edward A. Wehr of Pittsburgh, who considered this his finest piece of work.[11]

The congregation again became an independent parish[10] in 1976.[7]

Notable facts

  • David Hurd composed the Intercession Mass during his tenure as church organist. This mass setting is used in many Episcopal congregations.
  • The church is known for its annual Clement Clarke Moore Festival, the oldest continuing Christmas tradition in New York. It takes place on the Sunday before Christmas at 4pm. In 2010 celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the tradition. At the center of the service is the reading of Moore's narrative poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas".
  • Moore, among others of the New York social elite of the time, are buried in the adjoining
    Alfred Tennyson Dickens, the son of Charles Dickens.[3] A monument to the architect, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, sculpted by his friend Lee Lawrie in 1929, contains his tomb.[7][10]

In popular culture

Broadway facade of the church in 2009

See also

  • icon Christianity portal
  • List of New York City Landmarks
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York

References

Notes

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "A Brief History of the Church of the Intercession" Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine on the church website
  3. ^ a b c d e New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission "Chapel of the Intercession Designation Report" (August 16, 1966)
  4. ^
    New York Landmarks Preservation Commission "Vicarage of the Chapel of the Intercession Designation Report" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
    (August 16, 1966)
  5. ^ Text and Photos on the National Park Service website
  6. ^ Grinnell, George Bird. "Audubon Park: A Brief History" (part 1) on the Audubon Park website
  7. ^ ., p.112
  8. ^ "Church of the Intercession (second location)" on the Audubon Park website
  9. ^ "Church of the Intercession" on the Audubon Park website
  10. ^ .
  11. ^ The American Magazine, 1925.
  12. ^ Dollar, Steve (2012-09-28). "City Architecture Stars in '666 Park'". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.

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