German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark

Coordinates: 40°43′37″N 73°59′14″W / 40.72694°N 73.98722°W / 40.72694; -73.98722
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German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark
Style
Renaissance Revival
Completed1847
Closed
  • 1940 (as a church)
  • 1946 (as a congregation)
German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark
NRHP reference No.04000296[1]
Added to NRHPApril 15, 2004

The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark is an historic former

East 6th Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City, New York
, in the United States.

Church building

The Renaissance Revival style former church was built in 1847 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew which first rented it to St. Mark's and subsequently sold it to them in 1857.[2][dead link][3] By the end of the nineteenth century the congregation was in decline as congregants were moving elsewhere. Much of the church membership was killed in the 1904 General Slocum disaster, most of the victims being women and children, and the congregation never recovered.[4]

General Slocum disaster

In 1904, The Ladies' Aid Society (Frauenhilfsverein) chartered the

Zion St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church.[5]

Synagogue

Sixth Street Community Synagogue
Max D. Raiskin Center
Religion
AffiliationModern Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
LeadershipRabbi Gavriel Bellino
StatusActive
Location
Location323 East 6th Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York 10001
Architecture
Date established1940 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • 1940 (as a synagogue)
  • (previously a church)
Website
www.sixthstreetsynagogue.org

In 1940, the church was converted to the Sixth Street Community Synagogue, located in the Max D. Raiskin Center, a

Jewish congregation.[4][6]

Evicted from premies in 2013, located at 3 West Sixteenth Street, the congregation known as the Young Israel of Fifth Avenue,[7] subsequently merged into the Sixth Street congregation.

Building preservation

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004,[1] and is located within the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, which was created in October 2012.[2][dead link]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^
    City of New York.[dead link
    ]
  3. ^ "Timeline of St Matthews". Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  4. ^ ., p.49
  5. ^ "Zion St. Mark's: Our History". Zion St. Marks. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  6. ^ Ilana (June 15, 2011). "A Look Back at the General Slocum Disaster". Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  7. ^ Eller, Sandy (February 1, 2013). "After Long Feud, Shul Evicted From 16th St". JewishPress.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.

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