Built on a gentle hill, this version of a Greek temple, in the commensurate Greek Revival style, is a simple yet imposing structure. Woodrow United was built in 1842, with its four Doric columns standing firm. The air...
On 225th Street, which for Manhattan standards might as well be Mars, stands this eclectic beauty. It was built in 1902 by John Davidson, a local Williamsbridge architect, and combines several styles in its very unique...
Built in 1831, St. Peter’s hails from indeed another time. Its severe English Gothic Revival cannot be called Victorian, since at the time the aforementioned monarch was just a teenager. While the appearance may...
The two towers of Emmanuel Baptist Church rise 78 feet, giving this place of worship an imposing look on Lafayette Avenue. Built in 1887 in the expressive French Gothic Revival, Francis Kimball gave the stone façade a...
In 1874, Patrick Keeley designed this beautiful church on 16th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Its Italian Baroque revival is apparent. Keeley, who liked to work in different styles, built this enormous temple...
Trinity Chapel is one of the oldest buildings in Far Rockaway, and its imposing strict north-south alignment is quite the treat. The woodframe building, designed by Richard Upjohn in 1858 in Gothic Revival style, is...
We at the NYCCP have a weakness for Byzantine revival architecture, and St. Bart’s has it in spades. Its low rise dome on Park Avenue, overshadowed by the Waldorf-Astoria, it is perhaps one of the most visitor...