Apostolic Faith Mission (Brooklyn, New York)
- Apostolic Faith Mission (Brooklyn, New York)
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| The Former Orthodox Friends Meeting House |
 |
| General information |
| Architectural style |
Lombardian Romanesque |
| Town or city |
New York, New York |
| Country |
United States of America |
| Completed |
1868 |
| Technical details |
| Structural system |
Masonry |
| Design and construction |
| Client |
The Society of Friends |
| Website |
| www.afcbrooklyn.org |
The Apostolic Faith Mission church in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, located at 265 Lafayette Avenue northeast corner of Washington Avenue, occupies the historic nineteenth-century former Orthodox Friends Meeting House.
The former Society of Friends (Quaker) meetinghouse was built 1868, described in the AIA Guide to New York City as "A simple Lombardian Romanesque box polychromed with vigor by its current tenants." As of 1977, it was the Apostolic Faith Mission.[1]
References
- Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.)
- ^ White, Norval and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City. Rev. Ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978.), p.419.
Coordinates: 40°41′18.4″N 73°57′56″W / 40.688444°N 73.96556°W / 40.688444; -73.96556
Categories:
- Quaker meetinghouses in New York
- Churches in Brooklyn
- Religious buildings completed in 1868
- 19th-century Quaker meetinghouses
- Victorian architecture in New York
- Romanesque Revival architecture in New York
- Closed churches in New York City
- New York City building and structure stubs
- United States church stubs
- Kings County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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