Metropolitan Baptist Church (New York City)

New York Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Metropolitan Baptist Church, March 2009
Location:	151 W. 128th St., New York, New York
Coordinates:	40°48′39″N 73°56′49″W / 40.81083°N 73.94694°W / 40.81083; -73.94694Coordinates: 40°48′39″N 73°56′49″W / 40.81083°N 73.94694°W / 40.81083; -73.94694
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	1884
Architect:	Thomas, J.R.; Davis, Richard R.
Architectural style:	Gothic, Romanesque
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	82003385[1]
Added to NRHP:	June 3, 1982

Metropolitan Baptist Church, formerly known as New York Presbyterian Church, is a historic church at 151 W. 128th Street in Harlem, New York, New York. It was originally built and occupied by a Presbyterian congregation. In 1918, the church was acquired by its current occupants, a Baptist congregation. It was built in two stages between 1884 and 1890, and is an asymmetrically massed, limestone church building in a blend of Gothic and Romanesque Revival styles. It is two and one half stories topped by a tremendous slate roof shaped as a partial cone. The front facade features groups of stained glass, Gothic-arched lancet windows at various levels.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Anne B. Covell (March 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York Presbyterian Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5203. Retrieved 2011-03-25.  See also: "Accompanying six photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5202. 

External links

• Metropolitan Baptist Church website