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Sacred Sites Open House Weekend 2015

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Sacred Sites Open House Weekend 2015

From the President

Dear Friend of Sacred Sites, Welcome to the Conservancy’s fifth annual Sacred Sites Open House Weekend! This year we mark the 50th Anniversary of the New York Landmarks Law and are proud to celebrate the diversity of the state’s historic houses of worship. New Yorkers travel the world to explore art, architecture, and history. On May 16th and 17th, just go out your door. Over 125 churches, synagogues, and meeting houses throughout the city and state will be open for you to explore their wonderful religious architecture. You’ll also learn about the cultural and essential social programs many of these institutions provide. Whether you are religious or not, you’ll see why it is important to preserve these neighborhood anchors. So, be a tourist in your own town. You’ll be amazed at what you can discover. Sincerely,

Peg Breen

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Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Sites in the Bronx Christ Church Riverdale 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway East Bronx, NY 10471 www.ChristChurchRiverdale.org Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 8:30 am – 1:00 pm Christ Church Riverdale was designed by Richard Upjohn, the architect of Trinity Church, Wall Street, and St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue. Construction of the church, from locally-quarried stone, began in April 1865. The wood frame rectory was constructed in 1872, and expanded some time later. The parish hall, designed by Dwight James Baum, architect of a large number of homes in Fieldston, was completed in 1928. That year also brought the installation of our first pipe organ, which we had rebuilt and expanded in 1970 and again in 2010. Our church bell was cast in England and given in thanksgiving for the safe return of two servicemen from World War II. In 1966 the exterior of the church building was designated a New York City Landmark. Christ Church Riverdale will be open on May 16 for tours from 10 am until 3 pm. At 4 pm The Riverdale Choral Society will present it's 50th Anniversary Concert in the church. To purchase tickets go to www.riverdalechoral.org. On Sunday, May 17, we have a contemplative service at 8:30 am and Choral Holy Eucharist at 11:00 am featuring our choir and Foley Baker organ. St. Anselm's Parish 685 Tinton Avenue Bronx, NY 10455 www.parroquiadesananselmo.org Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 3:30 pm Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 am – 3:30 pm St. Anselm’s Church was designed by architect Gustave Steinback and constructed in 1917-1918. Modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (now Istanbul), the nave is crowned with a massive tile dome ringed with arched windows set in elliptical niches. Please participate in our visitor survey.

The extraordinary interior was decorated by Beuronese (German) Benedictine monks from 1923 to 1928. Every surface of the interior is covered in beautiful decorative murals or tiles, currently undergoing conservation. St. James Episcopal Church Fordham 2500 Jerome Avenue at 190th Street Bronx, NY 10468 http://saintjamesfordham.org/ Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 4:00 pm St. James Episcopal Church was completed in 1865 for a rural parish in what was at the time part of Westchester County. The church is a major work by Henry M. Dudley, one of the leading Gothic Revival church architects of the mid-19th century. It is noteworthy for its straightforward use of materials (fieldstone, red sandstone, wood, and slate) and for the expression of interior spaces (nave, side aisles, transepts, chancel, and porch) on the exterior massing. In addition, the church contains numerous windows designed by Tiffany. Family and business connections to Louis Comfort Tiffany resulted in a unique collection of 6 Tiffany Windows. “The True Vine” window is an 1895 memorial to Hugh N. Camp, member of the committee of seven who designed the Water Supply for New York City.

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Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Sites in Brooklyn Brooklyn Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 110 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 http://brooklynmeeting.org/ Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 – 11:00 am and 12:30 – 3:00 pm The Brooklyn meetinghouse, like its Manhattan counterpart, reflects the simplicity of taste and architectural conservatism of the Quakers. The meeting room, on the second floor, retains its original furnishings in their 19th century configuration. The builder, Charles T. Bunting, was a member of the meeting and also designed the landmark Fifteenth Street Monthly Meeting in Manhattan. Brown Memorial Baptist Church 484 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238 www.brownmemorialbaptist.org Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Designed by Brooklyn resident Ebenezer Roberts and constructed in 1860 as the Washington Avenue Baptist Church, the Brown Memorial Baptist Church is considered an unusually ornate example of the Early Romanesque Revival style. The red brick structure dominates the corner of Washington Avenue and Gates Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant, and features carved brownstone pinnacles, a crenellated tower, and several large Tiffany stained glass windows. Visitors will be led on a tour of Brown’s renovated sanctuary for which it received a Lucy Moses Preservation Award from the Conservancy in 2010 and the recently restored monumental stained-glass windows fabricated by the Tiffany studios, which were installed in the late 19th Century. The Roberts Memorial Window, also known as “The Pilgrims” window, was dedicated to the church’s architect, Ebenezer Roberts. “The Pilgrims” serves Please participate in our visitor survey.

as a memorial to the struggles of the Pilgrim religious leaders, including abolitionists and workers of the Underground Railroad, a nod to Clinton Hill’s past as a hotbed of abolitionist activity. First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn 116 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.fuub.org Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm First Unitarian Church is one of the best works of Minard Lafever, constructed in 1844. The design of the building was loosely based on late-English Gothic prototypes, such as Kings College Chapel in Cambridge. However, Lafever adapted his sources to create a building which is uniquely American. The church is remarkably well preserved. The only significant alterations have been the addition of stained glass windows. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights 254 Hicks Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 http://www.gracebrooklyn.org/ Sunday, May 17th: 12:30 pm Grace Church, located in the heart of Brooklyn Heights, was designed by renowned Gothic Revival architect Richard Upjohn and constructed in 18471849, shortly after the completion of his two most seminal designs: Manhattan Episcopal Church commissions Trinity Church (1839-1846) and Brooklyn’s Church of the Pilgrims (now Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral). Grace Church, constructed of random coursed brownstone ashlar, largely adheres to the Ecclesiological Movement's preferred Perpendicular (14 Century English Gothic) style, in its projecting east chancel with monumental tracery window, and central gable roof, featuring lacy gothic brownstone parapets and projecting corner pinnacles. Side elevations feature Gothic tracery windows and buttresses. The corner site is punctuated by a small projecting tower, or tourelle, rising to an ogee spire; a larger tower was planned for the opposite corner, but never constructed. The church interior is highly intact, featuring another

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City expression of the Ecclesiological movement: not a faux plaster Gothic ceiling, but a "structurally honest" openwork wooden ceiling, featuring remnants of its early, circa 1867 decorative stenciled finishes, and exposed timber trusses with handsome Gothic tracery decoration. The sanctuary features figural stained glass memorial windows by many prominent studios, most installed in the 1880's1890's, including three windows by the Tiffany studios and two by J & R Lamb; a window by Scottish and New York based Aesthetic movement studio Cottier & Co., and several windows by the distinguished London firm Clayton & Bell. Our Lady of Lebanon Catholic Maronite Cathedral 113 Remsen Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 http://ololc.org/ Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: Noon – 4:00 pm This church was constructed in 1844 to house the Church of the Pilgrims. It is one of the earliest Romanesque Revival buildings in America, a bold massing of ashlar stonework designed by architect Richard Upjohn. The Church of the Pilgrims merged with Plymouth Church in the 1930s and the combined congregation chose the Plymouth Church's complex, also in Brooklyn Heights, as the home of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims. When this congregation moved to the new location further north in the neighborhood, it also removed the original, Tiffany-designed stained-glass windows. Our Lady of Lebanon Church purchased this building in 1944 for use as its new sanctuary. Modern replacement windows by French artist Jean Crotti were installed in 1953. These windows were made using a fused-glass technique called "Gemmaux." The Cathedral was the first building in the world to have all its stained glass manufactured in this method. The doors at both the west and south portals were salvaged from the ill-fated ocean liner Normandie which burned and sank in its Hudson River berth in 1942. In 1978, the church became the cathedral church of the Diocese of St. Maron, a Roman Catholic diocese of the Eastern Rite, when Please participate in our visitor survey.

the diocese was reconfigured, with the seat of the East Coast Diocese, encompassing 40 parishes and now extending from New Hampshire to Florida, moved from Detroit to Brooklyn. St. Agnes Church of the Parish of Saint Paul and Saint Agnes 433 Sackett Street Brooklyn, NY, 11231 http://stpaulstagnes.org/ Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 4:00 pm (self guided) Sunday, May 17th: 2:00 – 6:00 pm (guided tours) St. Agnes Church was designed in the neo-Gothic style by the noted Brooklyn church architect, Thomas Francis Houghton (1840-1913), a student and later partner of the famed 19th century architect, Patrick Charles Keely. It was constructed between 1904 and 1913. The stained glass windows of St. Agnes were made in Munich by the renowned firm of Franz Zettler in 1904. They are unique in many respects, but they are also an unusual choice of theme for the nave of a church. Most churches have a variety of biblical themes, mysteries of the Rosary, and saints for its most visible windows. The eight windows in the nave portray only the life and martyrdom of the church’s patroness. Tours of the St. Agnes Church and its stained glass windows will be led by Delma Tallerico, author of Ecclesiastical Architects, Artists, and Artisans in America:1860 – 1920, 4th edition. Tours will be given on the hour from 2:00 – 6:00 pm, Sunday (5/17) only. While the church will be open on Saturday (5/16), guided tours will only be offered on Sunday (5/17) during the hours noted.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church 157 Montague Street Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 http://www.stannholytrinity.org/ Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm At the time of the American Revolution, a group of Anglican-minded neighbors in the Village of Brooklyn sought services of their own rather than attend the Dutch Reformed Church. St. Ann’s first met in 1778, and through the years would continue to meet in different buildings until 1969, when St. Ann’s moved into the Holy Trinity building. The Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity (formerly Church of the Holy Trinity) is the most ambitious building designed by Minard Lafever and the master work of his career. Construction was completed in 1847 on the Gothic Revival church, chapel, and parish house funded by paper manufacturer John Bartow, who dreamed of erecting an Episcopal church in Brooklyn that would rival such New York City churches as Trinity. At its completion this was the largest church in Brooklyn. Lafever planned a spire, but it was not until 1866 that a spire designed by Patrick C. Keely was built; it was removed in 1905. The ornate interior is lit by a series of magnificent stained glass windows, designed by William and John Bolton, depicting the life of Christ, which are among the earliest church windows produced in America. St. Joseph's Co-Cathedral 856 Pacific Street Brooklyn, NY 11238 http://stjosephs-brooklyn.org/ Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm The parish of St. Joseph was established in 1850 to serve Irish immigrants in what would later become the Diocese of Brooklyn. The current church, designed to replace an earlier church on the site dating from 1861, was designed by local GermanPlease participate in our visitor survey.

American architect Francis J. Berlenbach, Jr. and constructed in 1912-14, on Pacific Street in Prospect Heights. The cream-colored neo-Renaissance brick and terra cotta church is composed of a two-story central bay dominated by a monumental arched window and classical pediment, with a tripartite arcaded entrance portico with granite columns and a Guastavino tile ceiling. The central bay is flanked by monumental bell towers, with lower facades of diaper patterned and textured brickwork and arched, open belfries. The church originally featured delicate, three-stage, Spanish Baroque style towers with cupolas; the two upper stages and cupola roofs were removed in the 1970’s. The church features windows designed by Locke Decorating Co., a Brooklyn firm active from 18901920. The interior of the church, one of the largest in the Diocese, with a seating capacity of 1,500, retains many of its original features, including a barrel-vaulted and paneled ceiling, marble columns and wainscoting, a marble communion rail and pulpit, mosaic floors, oak pews, and metal light fixtures.

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Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Sites in Manhattan Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church 302 West 91st Street New York, NY 10024 http://www.annunciation-nyc.org Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Constructed as the Fourth Presbyterian Church, this building was designed by the architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge, (the first architects of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine). It is a fine example of Neo-Gothic architecture adapted to the auditorium plan popular among Protestant denominations at the turn of the century. The church contains outstanding opalescent glass windows designed by the Tiffany Studios. An iconostasis and other liturgical furnishings were added to the interior in 1953 when the building was acquired by Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. Bialystoker Synagogue 7-11 Willett Street/Bialystoker Place New York, NY 10002 www.bialystoker.org Sunday, May 17th: 11:00am-1:00pm Originally built in 1826 as the Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Bialystoker Synagogue is the simplest of four early 19th century quarry stone religious buildings built in the vernacular style during the late Federal period that survives in Lower Manhattan. Evidence suggests that the church was a stop on the Underground Railroad in the mid-19th century. There is a door off the balcony purported to conceal a hiding place for escaped slaves. New York City's congregation of Bialystok Jews, founded in 1878, had grown large enough by 1905 to purchase this building and convert it into a synagogue. It is now designated as a New York City Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1988, the synagogue restored the interior to its original façade, and the former Hebrew School building was renovated. Its interior restoration Please participate in our visitor survey.

features a richly painted ceiling with signs of the zodiac (mazalot) and hand-painted murals on the walls. Its elegant bima and ark are believed to have been hand-carved in Russia or Eastern Europe in the early part of the 20th century. Cathedral of St. John the Divine 1047 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 www.stjohndivine.org Saturday, May 16th: 1 – 6:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1 – 3:00 pm Tours of the Cathedral are available free of charge at 1:00 pm on both days. Please be sure to mention the Sacred Sites promotion. The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine is a majestic monument of solid stone and breathtaking interior spaces. The cathedral building has continued to evolve and grow for over 100 years. One of the largest churches in the world, the cathedral is over 600 feet in length, with a ceiling height of nearly 125 feet. Construction began in 1892 with the eastern, Romanesque half of the cathedral, designed by George Heins and John LaFarge. The later Gothic style nave and western façade were designed by Ralph Adams Cram. The Cathedral’s symbolism spans from the building as a whole to the smallest corner of its windows. Designed to create a sense of uplift, awe, and human connection, architecture does its part in the Cathedral mission to be “a house of prayer for all people and a unifying center of intellectual light and leadership.” The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and the seat of its Bishop. People from many faiths and communities worship together in services held more than 30 times a week, and concerts, performances, exhibitions and civic gatherings allow conversation, celebration, reflection and remembrance.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Central Synagogue 652 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 http://www.centralsynagogue.org Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Central Synagogue, designated a New York City Landmark in 1966 and a National Historic Landmark in 1975, is the oldest synagogue in continuous use in New York City and one of the leading Reform Jewish congregations in the country. Central Synagogue’s origins began on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, by two parent congregations, Shaar Hashomayim and Ahawath Chesed, which were founded in 1839 and 1846 respectively, by Germanspeaking immigrants. By 1870, the membership of Ahawath Chesed had grown and moved uptown to Lexington Avenue and 55th Street. With the intention of growing the community, the 140 families of Ahawath Chesed commissioned Henry Fernbach, New York’s first prominent Jewish architect, to design a large synagogue, which seated more than 1,400 individuals. In 1898 Shaar Hashomayim merged with Ahawath Chesed and the united community became known as Central Synagogue in 1917. Central Synagogue’s façade is a symmetrical composition of two sentinel towers topped by copper-clad spheres with gilt decoration. Fernbach’s design was inspired, in part, by the Dohany Street Synagogue of Budapest. By seizing upon Moorish precedent, Fernbach gave New York a synagogue whose exterior form and detail were–and still are–in sharp contrast to most other religious structures in the city. Basilican in plan, the sanctuary features a tall central nave and two side aisles, with galleries and an organ loft above. The space is subdivided into six bays by ten slender cast-iron columns with high relief. The bimah (pulpit) retains the original ark, which is richly carved and inlaid with fretwork patterns highlighted in gold topped with onion domes finished in celestial blue with gold stars. Above the central dome is a gilded Star of David.

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Currently, Central Synagogue’s thriving community comprises 2,300 member families. Every Friday evening, more than 500 people join for Shabbat worship, which is open to the public, and more than 100 virtual visitors join via live streaming. Free tours of the Sanctuary are given every Wednesday at 12:45 pm by Central Synagogue docents. Christ Church United Methodist 524 Park Avenue New York, NY 10065 www.christchurchnyc.org/ Saturday, May 16th: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 9:00 – 11:00 am, 11:00 am service No formal tours are offered, but visitors are welcome. Literature about the church and its programs is available in the narthex (entry).A detailed, self-guided tour is available on the church website: http://www.christchurchnyc.org/Worship/Sanctuary -Tour Ralph Adams Cram was hired to by Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church to design a new, larger, Park Avenue church in the early 1930’s. Cram, who is best known as America’s seminal master of the neo-Gothic, combined Romanesque and Byzantine styles in his design, creating a well-proportioned exterior that takes its place harmoniously among its taller and more massive neighbors. Cram's plans provided for a church seating 800 people, an adjacent chapel that seated 110, and a parish hall that would seat 250. The parish house included a gymnasium, women's parlors, a men's lounge, clubrooms, Sunday school rooms and administrative offices. On November 15, 1931, the cornerstone was laid for the church that was estimated to cost $3 million, defrayed by the sale of the congregation’s prior Madison Avenue church property. Additional funding would come from the sale of the Sixty-first Street Methodist Episcopal Church, which merged into Christ Church on November 3, 1933. However, the bare concrete walls would not be decorated with mosaics for another fifteen years, due to financial conditions and, later, shortages brought on

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City by World War II. Work resumed on the interior in 1948 and was completed in summer 1949. Christ & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 120 West 69th Street New York, NY 10023 www.csschurch.org Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 5:00 pm Tours of the church will be given and a book sale will be held on the front lawn. Christ & St. Stephen’s Church is comprised of two of the oldest parishes in the City of New York, founded in 1793 and 1805 respectively. Both churches first started in the southern part of the city, but ultimately moved uptown following the general population trend northward over the course of the 19th century. As a result of the construction of Lincoln Center, both parishes underwent tremendous change in the latter part of the 20th century, and with declining congregational size both churches merged in 1975. Much was learned about the roots of the church in conjunction with the restoration efforts during a renovation period starting in2004. Today the parishes celebrate their heritage through the beautifully recreated space which resulted from this project due to its basis on historical, architectural, and artistic studies. Church of the Ascension in the City of New York Fifth Avenue at 10th Street New York, NY 10011 www.ascensionnyc.org Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm Completed in 1841, the current building was designed by Richard M. Upjohn in the style of Gothic Revival. From its earliest days, the Church of the Ascension has welcomed a diverse variety of people. th During the 19 century, the church became a villa for immigrant children.

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Church of the Heavenly Rest 2 East 90th Street New York, NY 10128 www.heavenlyrest.org Saturday, May 16th: 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Docent Tour 1:45pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Docent Tour 1:00 pm The church was founded in 1865, in honor of the Civil War dead—both of the Union and Confederate sides. The present-day Gothic-inspired limestone church with Art Deco accents and glowing English stained glass opened on Easter Sunday, 1929. The stock market had its crash months later, and though the interior of the church was left unadorned and austere, CHR ramped up social activism and healing ministries, following a community service legacy begun with a soup kitchen in 1890 and continuing today. Church of the Holy Apostles 296 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10011 http://www.holyapostlesnyc.org Saturday, May 16th: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Church of the Holy Apostles is a progressive, inclusive parish located in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, offering services in both English and Spanish. Our landmark building (Minard Lafever, 1845-48) is home to New York's largest feeding program, the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, which serves over 1,000 hungry New Yorkers each weekday. The church is also believed by some to have been a "stop" on the Underground Railroad. Holy Apostles' space is also shared by Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, New York's GLBT Jewish congregation. Visitors are invited to show themselves around the interior; of particular note are our stained glass windows, designed by William Jay Bolton. Information on the history and programs of the church will be available, with docents standing by to answer questions.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street New York, NY 10128 www.holytrinity-nyc.org Saturday, May 16th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm The Church of the Holy Trinity, designed by architects Barney & Chapman in 1895 and completed in 1899, remains part of a unique complex set around a landscaped court and anchored by one of New York's most beautiful towers. The complex -- consisting of the church, the parsonage, and St. Christopher House, all of French Gothic inspiration -- was built of iron-spot brick with terra-cotta trim. Holy Trinity’s present campus was established as a settlement “mission” church to serve the growing German immigrant community of Yorkville, in accordance with the “social Gospel” movement of the late 19th century, which sought to help the poor by turning “creed into deed.” This tradition of practical poverty relief still influences parish programming. The church interior is distinguished by its ashlar, terra-cotta wainscoting and a complete set of stained glass windows by artist Henry Holliday (1839-1927), who succeeded the better-known Edward Burne-Jones as designer at the English firm of Powell & Sons. Holliday commissions of the 1880’s and 1890’s include a window at Memorial Hall at Harvard University. Holliday’s windows are known for their brilliant color and naturalism. The church will provide docent-led tours. Church of Notre Dame 405 West 114th Street New York, NY 10025 www.ndparish.org Saturday, May 16th: 2:00 – 4:30 pm (Guided tour 3:00 -4:00 pm) Sunday, May 17th: 2:00 – 4:30 pm The church will host a Talk and Tour of the architecture of Notre Dame by Meisha Hunter, Burkett, Senior Preservationist at Li/Saltzman

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Architects (LSA) on Saturday (May 16, 2015) from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. The temple-fronted, Church of Notre Dame is an outstanding example of the neo-classical style adapted to a relatively small-scale ecclesiastical design. The building achieves a sense of monumentality through the imposing Corinthiancolumned entrance portico. The interior of the church is also perceived as a grand space because of the use of colossal marble columns at the side aisles which spring into soaring arches. The design includes both a chapel and a replica of the Grotto where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in France in 1858. In 1919 an expansion of the church began, with architects Cross and Cross. They modelled the structure after the Church of Saint Louis in Paris, better known as L'Eglise des Invalides and as the final resting place of Napoleon the First. Although constructed for a French-immigrant community, in time other ethnic groups came to Notre Dame. Notre Dame today holds services in English, French, and Spanish. It also hosts two choral groups: Schola Cantorum, and the francophone Chorale Africaine. Church of Our Lady of Peace 239 East 62nd Street New York, NY 10065 www.churchofourladyofpeace-nyc.org/ th Saturday, May 16 : 1:00 – 4:00 pm th Sunday, May 17 : 2:00 – 5:00 pm The church was designed by architect Samuel A. Warner in 1887 in the Victorian Gothic style and was originally built as a Presbyterian chapel: The Church th of the Redeemer. In the late 19 century it became a Lutheran house of worship and in December 1918 was purchased by Italian-Americans newly arrived in New York, to serve their community. On December 13, 1919, Archbishop Patrick Hayes dedicated the church as Madonna della Pace, or Our Lady of Peace, in honor of the “peace which ended the war”. The ceremony included a procession through the streets st nd of East 61 Street and East 62 street, a residential enclave comprised of mostly row houses in the mid th 19 century Italianate and neo-Grec styles. On December 13, 1967 this two block neighborhood,

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Treadwell Farm Historic District was designated as one of the first historic neighborhoods by New York City Landmarks Commission just two years after the Landmark Law passage. In 2003 the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places noting the properties were associated with the lives of persons of historical and architectural significance. Our Lady of Peace Church is the anchor of the Treadwell Farm Historic District and has seen major expansion through the years. The interior renovations in the 1920’s included the addition of center alter and apse flanked by two side altars, a choir loft and pump organ. Interior alterations and decorations exemplify the tastes of an upwardly mobile Italian immigrant population in the early-mid th and mid-late 19 century parish including murals and paintings, Murano glass chandeliers, marble railings and carved wooden statues. The magnificent pair of Venetian glass chandeliers were gifted to the church in the 1920’s and represent a simplified th version of the famed late 18 century chandelier designed Giuseppe Briati for the Ca’Rezzonico palace in Venice. Church of Saint Catherine of Siena 411 East 68th Street New York, NY 10065 www.stcatherinenyc.org Sunday, May 17th: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm; Mass at 9:00 am, Noon, 5:15 pm; Concert at 1:30 pm The Church of Saint Catherine of Siena was designed by Wilfred E. Anthony and constructed in 19301931. Journalist and author David Dunlap notes that the church is a “rare example of Arts & Crafts style of architecture expressed in ecclesiastical terms,” featuring ‘springing arches’ at the interior of the nave. Saint Catherine's will host a free sacred music concert at 1:15 pm by their resident professional choir, Schola Dominicana. The title of the concert is "The Music of William Byrd."

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Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary 211 East 83rd Street New York, NY 10028 www.stelizabethofhungarynyc.org Saturday, May 16th: 9:00 am – 6:30 pm Sunday, May 17th: 9:00 am – 6:30 pm Masses with organ and hymns on Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m.; Sunday at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The Mass on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. is without music. Mass for the Deaf with St. Elizabeth’s Deaf Choir (Service conducted in American Sign Language [ASL]): Sunday May 17 at 2 p.m. In addition to our traditional Catholic Masses during Open House Weekend, there will be a Mass for the Deaf in ASL at 2 p.m. Those with hearing are welcome to attend this Mass. St. Elizabeth’s Deaf Choir received international recognition when it performed for then-Pope Benedict during his visit to NYC in 2008. St. Elizabeth’s pastor, Monsignor Patrick McCahill, will also speak in English while signing all the prayers, the Gospel reading, and his sermon during this Mass. Visitors will be able to take a self-guided tour when Masses are not being celebrated. Each Mass lasts approximately one hour, though the Mass for the Deaf is slightly longer. Built as the Second Immanuel Lutheran Church in 1882, the building’s neo Gothic design has a distinctive copper-clad steeple and roof. The worship space features faux brick walls painted on cement, recently-restored three dimensional Stations of the Cross with Slovak inscriptions, and delicately vaulted gilt-trimmed ceilings dotted with gold rosette stars, and large painted plaster statues. The church’s organ was built in 1953 by the St. Louis-based Kilgen Organ Company. Immigrants from Slovakia, then part of the AustroHungarian Empire, founded the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary – the first national Slovak parish for Slovak and Hungarian Catholics in New York City and Brooklyn. The parish was formally incorporated on November 25, 1891 on the Lower East Side. As the people of the parish began to

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City move out of the Lower East Side, the congregation relocated uptown with the new parish church established at its present site on June 7, 1917. Terence Cardinal Cooke designated St. Elizabeth's as the church for Deaf Catholics of New York on July 1, 1980. The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields 487 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 www.stlukeinthefields.org th Saturday, May 16 : 9:00 am – 3:00 pm St. Luke’s, built in 1821, stands on its own two-acre city block, along with ten surviving row houses of similar vintage. The beauty and integrity of the church, gardens and the block is unique. According to the New York City Landmarks register, it is “the most significant architectural ensemble in the West Village and the earliest to date.” The Church of St. Luke in the Fields is a lively, inclusive parish located in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village. We reflect the variety of peoples in our world: different genders, sexual orientations, all forms of families, all abilities and special needs, in every socio-economic grouping, and from many cultures – all one in the body of Christ. St. Luke's is an Episcopal Church, part of the world-wide Anglican Communion, and grounded in the rich Anglo-Catholic liturgical and musical tradition. The Church and Gardens will be open for self-guided tours. Church of St. Edward the Martyr 14 East 109th Street New York, NY 10029 www.stemnyc.org Saturday, May 16th: Tours Noon – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: Tours 2:00 – 4:00 pm English service (10:00 – 11:30 am), Spanish service (Noon – 1:30 pm) Organized in 1883, the Episcopal Church of St. Edward the Martyr is located in East Harlem near Please participate in our visitor survey.

the northeast corner of Central Park, just steps from Museum Mile and the Conservatory Garden. Architect George A. Bagge designed the Gothic-style church which was built in 1887. The church was expanded in 1903 by J.B. Snook & Sons, architects. Beyond its wooden doors and unassuming brick exterior nestled among apartment buildings on East th 109 Street, visitors have the opportunity to view the stunning 1903 additions to the chancel and sanctuary, including the beautiful reredos, white marble high altar, stained glass, and oak choir stalls, all of which were carried out by J. & R. Lamb, under the supervision of Charles R. Lamb. The expansion was funded by philanthropist Elbridge T. Gerry, then the senior warden of the parish. St. Edward’s was founded during a time of the revival of Anglo-Catholic worship traditions in the Episcopal Church, which included the use of candles, flowers, incense, statuary, vested clergy and choir, and holy water. The parish was also one of the first Episcopal churches in the United States to offer services in both English and Spanish. Throughout its history St. Edward’s has been a place not only for worship in the “high church” tradition but also for a variety of ministries that have grown and evolved to meet the needs of the community. St. Edward’s today is a diverse, bilingual parish offering a warm welcome in a bustling neighborhood. The Church of St. Peter's 22 Barclay Street New York, NY 10007 www.spcnyc.org th Saturday, May 16 : 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, open for tours, Mass at 8:00 am and 4:00 pm th Sunday, May 17 : 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, open for tours, Mass at 8:00 am, 9:30 am, Noon Sunday, May 17th at 4:00 pm: The Manhattan String Orchestra is holding a lively program. The ensemble of talented young string players and pianists will perform classical favorites. (free concert – rsvp to [email protected]) St. Peter's is the oldest Catholic parish in the state of New York and was founded in 1785. A gift of 1,000

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City silver pieces from King Charles III of Spain topped off donations to start the construction. The church's original structure was replaced in 1834. The current design by architects John Haggerty and Thomas Thomas is an outstanding example of Greek revival architecture that closely follows the tradition of classic monumentality of so many of its predecessors in Rome. The interior has fine marble architectural details and sculptures. Over the main altar is “The Crucifixion,” a painting by Mexican artist Jose Vallejo and a gift from Archbishop Nunez de Haro of Mexico City in 1789. Many notable Catholic parishioners and distinguished Americans have called St. Peter’s home including Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American Saint, Venerable Pierre Toussaint, and the Carmelite Mother, Adelaide of St. Theresa. The church has also witnessed many milestones during its 230-year history, from the yellow fever epidemic of 1795 to the tragedy of 9-11. Today St. Peter’s Church is a thriving parish, served by four dedicated priests, two of whom have served for over 60 years. Church of the Resurrection 119 East 74th Street New York, NY 10021 www.resurrectionnyc.org Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 8:30 am – 6:00 pm Saturday 1:00 – 5:00 pm: church tours Sunday High Mass with special music at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm The Church of the Resurrection is the oldest public building on the Upper East Side, and one of the very few Episcopal congregations in its original building. James Renwick designed the building which was built in 1868. In addition to many of its original features it also includes many beautiful additions including 21 new stained glass windows installed this year.

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Church of the Transfiguration 1 East 29th Street New York, NY 10016 www.littlechurch.org Sunday, May 17th: 12:30 – 4:00 pm Located on East 29th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues, the Church of the Transfiguration (also known as the Little Church Around the Corner) consist of a series of Gothic Revival structures constructed between 1849 and 1908 by various architects. The original one-story church and adjoining rectory were designed by an unidentified architect in 1849, and the guildhall, transepts, and tower were added a few years later. A mid-20th century parish hall addition faces Madison Avenue. Frederick Clarke Wither's English-inspired lych-gate makes the church and its surrounding one of most picturesque and charming of any in New York. The lych-gate, through which people enter the garden, is believed to be one of the only twenty-two remaining in the United States. It has an unusual pagoda-like roof. The parish obtained its sobriquet in 1870, when a minister of a nearby church declined to conduct a funeral service for an actor, sending the mourners to 'the little church around the corner. Eldridge Street Synagogue/Museum at Eldridge Street 12 Eldridge Street New York, NY 10002 www.eldridgestreet.org Sunday, May 17th: Open 10:00 – 5:00 pm; Tours at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, Noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Opened in 1887, the Eldridge Street Synagogue was designed by the architects Francis William and Peter Herter, German Catholic immigrants. It was the first time that Jews from Eastern Europe had built a synagogue in the U.S. The Synagogue completed an extensive restoration in December of 2007, the th congregation’s 120 anniversary. Today the Eldridge Street Synagogue welcomes visitors from all over the world for tours, school programs, concerts, lectures, festivals, and other cultural events.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Grace Church in New York 802 Broadway New York, NY 10003 www.gracechurchnyc.org Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 3:00 pm For the past 206 years, Grace Church in New York's mission has remained resolute; to serve the City of New York and be a place of refuge, peace, and inspiring beauty to anyone who crosses its threshold. As an active and vibrant part of The Episcopal Diocese of New York, Grace Church provides Christian ministries and outreach to our neighbors in Greenwich Village, to communities in need throughout the country, and to the thousands of visitors who choose Grace Church as a National Historic Landmark destination year after year. Grace Church and its surrounding buildings located at Broadway and 10th Street in New York City were designed by the architect James Renwick, Jr. in the Gothic Revival style from 1843 through 1883, and are recognized as architectural masterpieces representing three celebrated distinctions; New York City Landmark (1966, 1977); National Register of Historic Places (1974); and National Historic Landmark (1977). Worship services are held every Sunday at 9:00 am, 11:00 am and 6:00 pm, and Wednesday at 6:00 pm in the Chantry. Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation 551 Fort Washington Avenue New York, NY 10033 www.hebrewtabernacle.org Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm The Hebrew Tabernacle was constructed in 19311932 as the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. Designed by the firm of Cherry & Matz, the building is three stories with massing defined by a series of setbacks, typical of the Art Deco style. The exterior is clad in buff-colored brick with carved limestone details and aluminum grilles. Sited on a prominent hilltop corner in Washington Heights, the building features a tripartite main entrance with deeply recessed, large bronze double doors set within limestone piers. Each entrance is topped with a Please participate in our visitor survey.

metal grille with Art Deco detailing and surmounted by carved limestone panels. The Hebrew Tabernacle Reform synagogue congregation was founded in Harlem in 1906. The congregation grew substantially via the influx of 20,000 German-Jewish refugees to Washington Heights between 1930 and 1941, and by additional German-Jewish Holocaust survivors who settled in Washington Heights in the decade following World War II. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Inwood 20 Cumming Street New York, NY 10034 www.holytrinityinwood.org Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 – 12:30 pm; 4:00 – 6:00 pm Tours and historical information will be available. All are welcome to enjoy our garden space. Additionally, on the 16th and 17th, The Pied Piper Children's Theatre at Holy Trinity Church will be performing - Alice in Wonderland, by Phill Greenland, based on Lewis Carroll's classic; directed by Amy Dulsky-Little. Performances will be Saturday May 9 & 16 – 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm; Sundays May 10 & 17 – 4:00 pm, at the Theatre Space at Holy Trinity Church Inwood, 20 Cumming Street (one block north of Dyckman). Admission: $10 - Adults, $8 - Children (Under 16) and Seniors (62 & up) Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 3 West 65th Street New York, NY 10023 www.holytrinitynyc.org Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 5:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 12:30 – 5:00 pm Holy Trinity’s current building was constructed in 1904 by noted New York City architects Shickel & Ditmars, who also designed several other New York and New Jersey churches at the turn of the century, including the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola at Park Avenue and 84th Street and St. Joseph's in Yorkville. This is a fine example of a transitional Victorian

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Gothic/Neo-Gothic church. The roughly dressed ashlar and spare use of exterior ornament hark back to the 'muscular' gothic architecture of the mid 19th-century. Much of the ornamentation, particularly the rose window tracery and the metal fleche, is based on French medieval prototypes. Holy Trinity Lutheran is also known for its appearance in the 1984 comedy/fantasy 'Ghostbusters,' wherein the infamous Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man stepped on it and Bill Murray, as Dr. Peter Venkman, exclaimed, “No one steps on a church in my town.” For over 300 years, Lutherans have held a presence in New York City. Fined or jailed by Dutch authorities for public worship, the first Lutherans in the city had no formally recognized congregation until 1669, when a more tolerant English regime allowed for a German pastor to be called upon to teach the faith. Today, the congregation is comprised of people from all walks of life. Although historically Lutherans in America are mostly of Scandinavian and Germanic descent, the church has begun to see its membership diversify as a result of its progressive stance on social issues, a new wave of Lutheran immigrants from South America, and embracing its identity as a global and public church. The church will offer tours of the sanctuary and light refreshments. House of the Redeemer 7 East 95th Street New York, NY 10128 www.houseoftheredeemer.org Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Located in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill neighborhood, The House of the Redeemer was designated a New York City Landmark in 1974. Designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury, who trained at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Parism the House was originally the residence of Edith Shepard Fabbri and her husband Ernesto Fabbri. Edith was a great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her husband, Ernesto, was an associate of J. Pierpont Morgan. Built in 1914- 1916, this limestone and brick palazzo Please participate in our visitor survey.

has iron gates flanked by urn-supporting piers. In 1949 Mrs. Fabbri was inspired by a sermon to leave the property as a “place apart”, a retreat house for all faiths. The House offers morning and evening prayer in the chapel Monday through Friday, meditation, bible study as well as a year of programming, which includes concerts and lectures. Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 www.judson.org Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 5:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm Located in Greenwich Village, Judson Memorial Church was completed in 1893 by one of America's most prestigious architecture firms, McKim, Mead, and White. It was built as a memorial to Adoniram Judson, the first American Baptist missionary in Asia. Funded in part by John D. Rockefeller, the church is one of Stanford White's masterworks. Situated along the south side of Washington Square Park, the buff brick, Renaissance-revival church rests on a limestone base. It has a seven-stage campanile, and a five-bay façade with monumental round-arched stained-glass windows. The side elevation has eight bays. The low-pitched, gable roof has three oculus windows which face onto Washington Square Park. Kehila Kedosha Janina 280 Broome Street New York, NY 10002 www.kkjsm.org Sunday, May 17th: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm The congregation was founded by immigrant Jews who came to New York from Ioannina, Greece in 1902-1924. The members of today’s congregation are descendants of the original founders. The synagogue is the only Romaniaote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. We use this occasion to open “Sylvia,” a photo exhibit by Viktor Koen. Viktor’s work has been shown all over the world. We are honored to

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City showcase it in our photo gallery. The exhibit will run th from April 19-May 24 , 2015. New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 West 64th Street New York, NY 10023 www.nysec.org/ Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm with the last tour scheduled for 3:00 pm Located on West 64th Street and Central Park West, the New York Society for Ethical Culture meetinghouse was completed in 1910 by architect Robert D. Kohn. The limestone building was designed in the Secessionist mode, a reform style that developed in Vienna at the turn of the century. Kohn, a close friend of the Society's founder, Dr. Felix Adler, served as its President from 1921 to 1944. Old Broadway Synagogue 15 Old Broadway New York, NY 10027 www.oldbroadwaysynagogue.blogspot.com Sunday, May 17th: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

The Parish of Calvary/St. George's 277 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 http://www.calvarystgeorges.org Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 2:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: Noon – 2:00 pm Founded in 1836, its present-day sanctuary was designed by James Renwick Jr. Rather than competing for dwindling resources and prospective parishioners, Calvary merged with St. George’s Church in 1976. The church will be open for self guided tours. Park East Synagogue 163 East 67th Street New York, NY 10021 www.parkeastsynagogue.org Sunday, May 17th: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Park East Synagogue is one of fewer than a hundred surviving nineteenth-century American synagogues. The building was constructed in 1889-1890 by architects Schneider and Herter who also designed numerous tenements on New York's Lower East Side as well as Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods. Built in the Moorish Revival style, it also features a prominent rose window and asymmetrical twin towers with the eastern tower being taller (most other synagogues of the period featured twin towers of similar height). The towers are also adorned differently. Park East Synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The Old Broadway Synagogue was built in 1923 by the Chevra Talmud Torah Anshei Marovi, an Eastern European orthodox congregation that was established in West Harlem in 1911. The Synagogue was designed by the architectural firm of Meisner and Uffner. Architecturally, it has a kinship with the vernacular synagogues of the Lower East Side such as Kehilah Kedoshah Janina, but is unique not only because it is located in West Harlem, but also because it is the only purpose-built active synagogue The Riverside Church in the Morningside Heights/Manhattanville/Harlem 490-498 Riverside Drive sections of Upper Manhattan. New York, NY 10027 www.theriversidechurchny.org Members of the congregation will greet visitors, tell Saturday, May 16th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm them the history of the synagogue, and show them Sunday, May 17th: 1:30 – 5:00 pm the building. Self-guided tours, tour literature will be provided.

The Church complex is one of the most splendid in New York City. It includes a series of historic spaces, 20 floors of meeting rooms, rehearsal rooms, Please participate in our visitor survey.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City chapels, and more. The Nave holds stained glass windows designed in the tradition of Chartres Cathedral, but made in the United States and France. The Christ Chapel is patterned after the eleventh century Romanesque nave of the fortress church of St. Nazaire at Carcassonne. The Assembly Hall is a large gothic-style space with stone pillars and a stage. Other spaces include a meditation Chapel, Theatre, historic gym, and several banquet spaces. Riversides 400 ft. tower is home to the world's largest tuned bell (forged in 1925), and the church also contains an organ built for the church in 1930.The Riverside Church has more than 1,650 members and affiliates from more than 40 different denominational, national, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. This year marks the church's 85th anniversary, and the congregation will celebrate its history and future with a church and communitywide celebration this fall. The church's Social Service Ministries have long provided access to a full continuum of programs to help those in need, including food and clothing distribution, rent/utility assistance, and case management, among other programs. The church proudly and warmly welcomed Amy K. Butler as its seventh senior minister last October.

many of whom are third generation families—with roots in Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Philippines, and Ireland. St. Jean Baptiste Church 184 East 76th Street New York, NY 10021 www.stjeanbaptisteny.org Saturday, May 16th: 1:00 - 3:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 - 5:00 pm St. Jean Baptiste is a Roman Catholic Parish established in 1882 and staffed by the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, an Order of men founded in Paris in 1856 by St. Peter Julian Eymard. The Church of St. Jean Baptist was constructed between 1910 and 1913 to serve a largely FrenchCanadian congregation, and to replace a smaller 1882 building also located on East 76th Street. Construction was financed by streetcar magnate Thomas Ryan. Designed by the Italian-born architect Nicholas Serracino, the monumental Latin-cross church covers almost its entire site and is an impressive example of neo-Renaissance design.

The interior contains a barrel-vaulted nave and transept, intersecting at a domed crossing. Side aisles have cross-vaulting. Behind the altar is an elaborate marble baldacchino. Smaller versions of the baldacchino decorate minor altars in the side aisles. The church's 99 stained-glass windows were manufactured and installed in 1919 by the Loren Studios of Chartres, France. Copper roof restoration, new interior decorative painting, and Completed in 1848 to the designs of Irish-born, restoration of stained glass windows, was prolific church architect Patrick Keely, St. Brigid-St. undertaken from 1995-1997. Tower cupolas and the Emeric is among the oldest Roman Catholic churches limestone front facade were restored in 2013. in New York and one of the first in the Gothic-revival style. St. Brigid’s was built by Irish shipwrights who had escaped the Great Famine (1845-52). St. Brigid-St. Emeric Church 119 Avenue B New York, NY 10009 www.saintemericchurch.com Saturday, May 16th: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mass 6pm Sunday, May 17th: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Mass 10 am, Spanish Mass 11:30 am

The church completed an extensive structural stabilization, restoration and renovation, inside and out, in 2013. Today the congregation is a reflection of the diverse neighborhood of the Lower East Side, serving a rich conglomeration of church-goers— Please participate in our visitor survey.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City St. Martin’s Episcopal Church 230 Lenox Avenue New York, NY 10027 www.episcopalchurch.org/parish/st-martinsepiscopal-church-new-york-ny Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm

decoration executed between 1893 and 1920 by notable artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Maitland Armstrong, J & R Lamb, and Charles Connick. The ten-bell chimes in the 150 foot tower were manufactured by Meneely & Co. of Troy, New York.

Designed by William A. Potter, a leading church architect of the late 19th century, St. Martin's is considered Manhattan’s best example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, distinguished by its hewn masonry in contrasting colors, and soaring tower. Originally constructed in 1886-1888 for Holy Trinity Church, an affluent congregation, the church interior was gutted by fire in April of 1925; in 1927, Holy Trinity left Harlem for Inwood, merging with the Church of the Holy Redeemer (now Holy Trinity Inwood).

St. Patrick’s Cathedral Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets New York, NY 10022 www.saintpatrickscathedral.org Cathedral Open Daily: 6:30 am - 8:45 pm Beginning at 10:00 a.m., St. Patrick’s will host tours on Friday, May 15th and Monday, May 18th.

St. Martin’s was organized as an Episcopal mission in 1928 and the first services were held in February. The church grew rapidly in the 1930s, due in part to the Caribbean migration to the area. Active in the community, St. Martin’s concentrated on the elimination of racial discriminatory practices by Harlem stores, and worked in the 1940s to integrate major league baseball. The church interior features a “Tree of Life” mosaic by the artist Romare Bearden, a member of the parish.

St. Michael's Church, Manhattan 225 West 99th Street New York, NY 10025 www.saintmichaelschurch.org Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 5:00 pm St. Michael's Church is an architecturally significant example of late-19th century religious architecture in New York City. Designed by well-known architect Robert W. Gibson and completed in 1891, the church combines elements of Romanesque and Byzantine styles with its limestone walls, asymmetrical massing, prominent corner tower, rounded-arched openings, and red Spanish-tile roof. The building's large sanctuary and crossing contains a wide variety of windows, memorials, and Please participate in our visitor survey.

Mass Times: Saturday, May 16th: 5:30 pm (Music) Sunday, May 17th: 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 9:00 am (Music), 10:15 am (Choir), 12:00 pm (Music), 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm (Spanish Mass Music), 5:30 pm (Music) St. Patrick’s Cathedral, located in the heart of New York City, has long been considered “America’s Cathedral,” because of its location, influential bishops, size and beauty. The Cathedral is a landmark known and beloved to all New Yorkers. A multi-year, $175 million restoration of the cathedral complex is nearly complete. The highlight of renowned New York City architect James Renwick’s career, St. Patrick’s Cathedral was begun in 1858, and substantially completed in 1879, with Fifth Avenue towers completed in 1888. The Lady Chapel at the east end of the cathedral was added in 19011906. St. Peter's Chelsea 346 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 www.stpeterschelsea.com Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 5:00 pm When founded, St. Peter's Episcopal Church was the northern-most Episcopal church in Manhattan and one of the earliest examples of the Gothic-Revival style in the country. The parish began as an outgrowth of the nearby General Seminary. Nearby

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City residents began meeting at the seminary for services, and it soon became necessary to construct a separate building for them to meet. Situated on land donated by prominent New Yorker and author Clement Clarke Moore, the parish began in 1831, in what is now the church rectory. In 1838, the ashlarfaced, Gothic-Revival granite church building was completed by builder James W. Smith. The church’s façade is dominated by a 130-foot projecting, fourstage square tower that is centered on the façade. The tower has corner buttresses, stone trim and pointed-arched windows, with the church entrances located on the side elevations, and the lowest stage has a multi-story pointed-arch lanced window facing the street. The church interior retains an elaborately carved gallery rail, beautifully executed vaulted ceiling, and stained glass by the Tiffany and J & R Lamb studios. The church and recently planted garden will be open for sitting. While inside the historic church building, please enjoy our beautiful stained glass windows and religious paintings. St. Philip's Episcopal Church 204 West 134th Street New York, NY 10030 www.stphilipsharlem.org Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 4:00 pm St. Philip's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church founded as the Free African Church of St. Philip in 1809 in New York's notorious Five Points neighborhood by free Africans worshiping at Trinity Church, Wall Street. It is the oldest black Episcopal parish in New York City. The present church building was designed by architects Vertner Woodson Tandy and George Washington Foster of the firm Tandy & Foster. Both were prominent African-American architects: Tandy being the first African-American architect licensed to practice in New York State and Foster being among the first licensed by the State of New Jersey. St. Philip's was built in 1910-1911 in the Neo-Gothic style. Notable parishioners include W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, and Langston Hughes. The church was designated a New York City Please participate in our visitor survey.

Landmark in 1993, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. We will be giving a tour of the interior of the church and exterior and explaining the religious significance of such features as; four central features of stone elements in the church and features adorning the outside of the church. We will also highlight the unique racial history of the beginnings of the church and how the property was purchased despite racial prejudice that first prevented St. Philip's from buying the parcel of land at the start. We will have a number of dvd's on the history of the organ, architecture and racial protest going back to the late 1700's regarding African Americans struggle in New York to join the Episcopal church and fight for abolition. Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava 15 West 25th Street New York City, NY 10010-2010 www.stsavanyc.org Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Originally built in 1851 as the uptown branch of Trinity Church on Wall Street, the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava is an excellent example of the English-inspired Gothic Revival and one of Richard M. Upjohn's masterpieces. Located at the edge of the Madison Square neighborhood, the church has a simple, symmetrically massed brownstone exterior that is a remnant of the time when this area was an elegant residential neighborhood; parishioner Edith Wharton, married here in 1885, immortalized the church in her novel, “The Age of Innocence.” The church was purchased from the Trinity Foundation (Wall St.) in 1943 by early 20th century immigrants from Yugoslavia. The majority of members today are immigrants from Communist Yugoslavia, and refugees from recent wars in the former Yugoslavia. Congregants joyously celebrate having the freedom to practice their faith in an American landmark church in New York City.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Stanton Street Shul 180 Stanton Street NYC, NY 10002 www.stantonstshul.com Saturday, May 16th: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, worship and fellowship; Tour, from 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Cathedrals of St. Patrick and St. John the Divine. The synagogue has several volunteer and outreach ministries, including blood drives, and organ-donor advocacy; soup-kitchen and food-pantry programs; outreach to deployed military; clothing collection; a charity-knitting program; and library volunteering. The building is open weekly for architectural tours From 9:30 am -12:00 pm services are held at the after Saturday services, and has an on-site Judaica Shul and all are invited to participate. Between Noon museum. - 1:00 pm standard Shabbat refreshments (kiddush) are served. From 1:00 - 2:00 pm building tours will Trinity Baptist Church be given to visitors. The Siempre Verde community 250 East 61st Street garden across the street will be open for those want New York, NY 10065 to see Lower East Side green space or enjoy sitting www.trinityny.org/ outside. Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm The Stanton Street Shul is an historic, intimate, and vibrant Orthodox congregation serving the diverse Jewish population in Lower Manhattan. We attract and welcome Jews of all religious, educational, and cultural backgrounds from the Lower East Side, Alphabet City, East and West Villages, Stuyvesant Town, and Tribeca. Constructed in 1913 at the height of Jewish immigration to the Lower East Side (over a million and a half immigrants came through New York before World War I), the synagogue housed a congregation founded in 1894 by immigrant Jews from the town of Brzezany (“Brzezany” is the Polish name, “Brzezan” the Yiddish name) in Galicia, Poland (now in the Ukraine). Temple Emanu-El 1 East 65th Street New York, NY 10065 www.emanuelnyc.org Sunday, May 17th: Special Tour at Noon, Tours at 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm The world’s largest synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El was founded in 1845. Its second and current Fifth Avenue synagogue was completed in 1929. A spectacularly decorated Art Deco interpretation of Moorish and Romanesque styles, Temple Emanu-El stands as one of New York City’s greatest spiritual and civic landmarks able to accommodate 2,500 people, on the scale of the Please participate in our visitor survey.

Although this building is relatively unknown in architectural circles, it is an outstanding example of Modern Swedish architecture, a style rarely seen outside of Europe. Designed by Swedish architect Martin Gravely Hedmark and consructed in 1930, the exhuberant Art Deco main façade is constructed of multi-colored brick with accents in iron and wood, displaying elements derived from traditional Swedish architecture, such as the tall stepped gable and the diminutive bell towers. The frescoed interior, lit by a huge dome, is one of the most significant church interiors in New York. Architecutre writer David Dunlap writes that the "Scandinavian sensibility continues within: blond woods, bottle-blue glass, bold geometry and expressionistic ornament. All the furniture, windows and frescoes were designed by the architect and were executed using modern industrial materials.” West Park Presbyterian Church th 165 West 86 Street New York, NY 10024 www.westparkpresbyterian.org Saturday, May 16th: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Constructed in two phases between 1884 and 1890 to the designs of architects Leopold Eidlitz and Henry Kilburn, the original members of West-Park Presbyterian Church included Scots-Irish and other Euro-American stock.

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As the Upper West Side’s ethnic composition shifted in the mid 20th century, the church’s membership began to include members from Euro, AfricanAmerica, African and Asian Caribbean, Asian, Central and South American cultures. In 1964, Cuban refugees from First Presbyterian Havana and First Chinese Habana came to West-Park to create La Iglesia Presbiteriana de West-Park. These original members were soon joined by Spanish and Portuguese speaking residents and neighboring Nuyoricans. Today, all the multicultural members worship together in one service.

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Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Sites in Queens Church of the Resurrection 85-09 118 Street Kew Gardens, NY 11415 www.resurrectionrichmondhill.com Saturday, May 16th: 10:00am – 2:00pm The Church of the Resurrection is the oldest church in Richmond Hill. The original members migrated from the city to the new suburb of Richmond Hill in 1869, after transportation was made possible when the new railroad station was established. Today, members come from neighboring diverse communities. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Queens Boulevard & 54th Avenue Elmhurst, NY 11373 www.fpcn.org Saturday, May 16th: 2:00 – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 2:45 pm The congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown is 360 years old. The current building was constructed in 1893-1895 to the designs of Frank A. Collins. It is the congregation's fifth church. The church is a gothic revival structure, built of roughfaced granite with brownstone quoins and trim. There is a two-stage tower which contains a bell originally made for the congregation's 1787 fourth church, built just after the Revolution. The church's interior is intact, with original opalescent, figural stained-glass windows, exposed roof trusses, pews, wood paneling, and altar furnishings. The church has been named by the Presbyterian Church (USA) as an official Presbyterian Historical Site. The congregation was founded in 1652 under Dutch rule. Until the 1720s it was the only church in western Queens. In 1715 the church officially affiliated with the Presbyterian faith, and incorporated in New York in the late 1700s. On Saturday, in addition to displays of early records from 1708, photos from late 1800s, our pastor Rev. Dr. Anette Westermark will play the organ. Following talks on the history of the church, a tour of the Sanctuary will be given; the 1787 bell will be Please participate in our visitor survey.

rung. Then there will be a short walking tour of church related & historical sites in the neighborhood. On Sunday, in addition to a repeat of the above events, we will welcome back at the 10:45 service Rev. Charles Sorg, now 86, who became pastor here 50 years ago, and served 35 years. A prayer room is being dedicated in his honor in the Sanctuary. Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Flushing Quaker Meeting House 137-16 Northern Boulevard Flushing, NY 11354 www.flushingfriends.org Saturday, May 16th: Noon – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm The eastern third of the Friends Meeting House in Flushing is New York City’s oldest structure in continuous use for religious purposes. Built in 1694 by a community of Friends including the Bowne family, whose house survives nearby, and enlarged in 1716-19, the wood shingled meetinghouse is austerely simple, and offers evidence of the survival of medieval building techniques in the American colonies in its proportions and massive timber frame. The meetinghouse is a plain rectangular building, erected on a frame of forty-foot oak timbers, each hewn from a single tree. It features an unusually tall and steep hipped roof, with antecedents in medieval Holland. The meetinghouse was occupied by the British and used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War, and is a National Historic Landmark. Located in the center of bustling commercial Flushing, the meetinghouse sits on a rare acre of open lawn with a burial ground.

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City John Bowne House 37-01 Bowne Street Flushing, NY 11354 www.bownehouse.org Saturday, May 16th: 1:00 – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 1:00 – 4:00 pm The John Bowne House was a place of worship (1662-1692) for 30 years before the Flushing Friend's Meeting House was constructed. Open House will include: 1) Tours of site and walking tour (1:00 – 4:00 pm) toward the other 17th century Sacred site: Flushing Friend's Meeting House 2) Children's workshop (1:00 – 4:00 pm) exploring the Flushing Remonstrance 3) Volunteer Community project on historic Bowne House property and at Flushing Remonstrance momument. NYC Partnership for Parks " It's my park day". May 16th 9:30 am – 12:30 pm St. Matthias Church 58-15 Catalpa Avenue Ridgewood, NY 11385 www.saintmatthiaschurch.net Saturday, May 16th: 1:30 – 4:30 pm The St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church complex is located on Catalpa Avenue at the eastern edge of the Ridgewood South Historic district in Queens. The parish was established in 1908, and the first building of this complex, designed by local architect Francis J. Berlenbach, Jr. as a combined church and school, was erected on the property in 1909 and is currently used as the school. The rectory followed in 1910, and the convent in 1914. Constructed of pale yellow brick, St. Matthias church has a symmetrical, threebay façade, with a projecting center bay, limestonelike terra cotta masonry trim, and molded entrance entablature with balustrade supported on paired, polished marble Corinthian columns, with a Guastavino tile ceiling; a three-stage tower above with four identical faces, Corinthian pilasters and columns, balustrade, clocks, and a copper cupola; transepts with copper trimmed pediments; and standing seam copper roofs with copper clad Please participate in our visitor survey.

dormers at the nave. The interior is highly intact and richly decorated with painted, gilded and scagliola plaster decoration at both walls and ceiling, ceiling and wall murals, and a full suite of Meyer of Munich, Bavarian stained glass windows.

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Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City Sites in Staten Island Calvary Presbyterian Church of Staten Island 909 Castleton Avenue Staten Island, NY 10310 www.calvarypresby.org Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Calvary Presbyterian Church, constructed in 1894, features a steeply pitched gable roof and tall bell tower. The church is eclectic in its design, with Romanesque and Tudor elements. The interior of the church is notable for its tall ceiling with exposed wooden trusses. The church also features beautifully executed Maitland Armstrong art glass windows, moved here in 1951 from the 1892 Randall Memorial Church at Sailors Snug Harbor, which was razed. Contiguous with the church are a 1919 brick manse to the north, and a 1930, Tudor Revival style parish house to the west. Christ Church New Brighton 96 Franklin Avenue Staten Island, NY 10301 www.christchurchnbrighton.org Saturday, May 16th: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Christ Church New Brighton and the adjacent parish hall were designed by prolific Philadelphia church architect Isaac Purcell in the Neo-Gothic style. Sited on a 1-1/2 acre, corner lot in a hilltop residential neighborhood above New York harbor, the 1905 Neo-Gothic church is connected to the parish house by an enclosed cloister, and the 1879 stuccoed, Tudor revival rectory by architect Henry Congdon (remodeled by Staten Island architect William Mercereau in 1909), are arranged in a “U” around a central green. The church is constructed of rusticated gray schist laid in a random ashlar pattern, with Indiana limestone trim. The low, heavy massing of the cruciform-plan church is surmounted by a square squat tower at the transept, with a pyramidal slate roof and crenellated parapets. The church interior remains intact, with exposed schist walls at the nave and delicate, limestone walls at the chancel, featuring reredos carved by noted sculptor Lee Lowrie. The pointed Please participate in our visitor survey.

arched windows openings with limestone tracery contain a collection of stained glass windows by Tiffany, Fredrick Lamb, Lamb Studios, Gorham Studios, Nicola D’Ascenzo and Valentine d’Ogries. The church will be open on Saturday with docents available to give guided tours. Literature describing the church's stained glass windows, programs, and community outreach will be distributed. Free Magyar Reformed Church 19 Winant Place Staten Island, NY 10307 Sunday, May 17th: 1:30 pm Built in 1883, Free Magyar Reformed Church was designed in the Carpenter Gothic style, representative of the many small wood-framed churches built by immigrants in the villages and th towns of Staten Island during the 19 century. Originally St. Peter’s German Evangelical Reformed Church of Kreischerville, the church served primarily German immigrants. By 1915, a Hungarian congregation had begun meeting regularly in St. Peter’s, eventually purchasing and rededicating the building for their use in 1919 as the Free Magyar Reformed Church. Today the church continues to celebrate Hungarian music, culture, and heritage, although membership has dwindled over the years mainly because Charleston is no longer a Hungarian community. St. Paul's Episcopal Memorial Church 225 St. Paul's Avenue Staten Island, NY 10304 www.stpaulschurchsi.org Saturday, May 16th: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, tours at Noon and 3:00 pm Sunday, May 17th: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm, with Mass from 10:15 – 11:30 am, tours at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church was founded on Staten Island in 1833. The present Gothic Church and Rectory on St. Paul's Avenue date back to 1866,

Sacred Sites Open House Weekend May 16-17, 2015 Participating Sites in New York City and were designed by the Gothic Revival architect Edward Tuckerman Potter (1831-1904). After a fire in 1983, the Church's interior was restored and embellished with new stained glass and fittings. In 2013-14, the Church roof was renewed and the decoration of the chancel was restored to its former glory. TOURS guided by Professor Eric A. Ivison (History Department, CSI-CUNY and Graduate Center CUNY): th on Saturday May 16 at Noon and 3:00 pm, and on th Sunday May 17 at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm. THEATER PERFORMANCE: MAKBET/MACBETH by William Shakespeare, performed by theater group DZIECI (http://dziecitheatre.org/the-work/) on Saturday, May 16th at 7:00 pm on the Church grounds (if wet, in Church). Admission: suggested donation $10, refreshments will be served. SUNG MASS (CHORAL EUCHARIST): Sunday, May 17 at 10:15 am - all are welcome! REFRESHMENTS and a St. Paul's historical guidebook will be available for a modest donation both days.

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