Church of the Intercession (Manhattan)
Chapel of the Intercession Complex | |
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue[3] | |
Architectural style | church: Late English Gothic Revival, and others[3] vicarage: Tudor Revival[4] |
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NRHP reference No. | 80002677[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 24, 1980 |
Designated NYCL | August 16, 1966 |
The Church of the Intercession is an
The Church of the Intercession and its
History
The congregation which became the Church of the Intercession was founded in 1846 in Carmansville, a hamlet which would later be known as
In 1847, the congregation completed building their first sanctuary, a
The congregation's next church was a stone building designed by Rembrandt Lockwood
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.
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
- The basement of the church was used in the 2012 TV series 666 Park Avenue as The Drake's "secret room."[12]
- In the season 1, episode 4 New Amsterdam episode of Trudy Campbelldivulges to a member of the co-op board that Pete's great-great grandfather Nicholas Dyckman is buried at Church of the Intercession.
- In the 2021 Steven Spielberg film West Side Story, Maria (Rachel Zegler) and Tony (Ansel Elgort) sing "One Hand, One Heart" in a scene filmed at Church of the Intercession, although the implied location is The Cloisters.[13]
See also
- Christianity portal
- List of New York City Landmarks
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York
References
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission "Chapel of the Intercession Designation Report" (August 16, 1966)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Text and Photos on the National Park Service website
- ^ Grinnell, George Bird. "Audubon Park: A Brief History" (part 1) on the Audubon Park website
- ^ ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p.112
- ^ "Church of the Intercession (second location)" on the Audubon Park website
- ^ "Church of the Intercession" on the Audubon Park website
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
- ^ The American Magazine, 1925.
- ^ Dollar, Steve (2012-09-28). "City Architecture Stars in '666 Park'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ISBN 9781419750632. Archivedfrom the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.