St. Stephen's United Methodist Church

146 West 228th Street | Inwood Hill Park | built 1900

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1. 1897

   Marble Hill's Methodists build St. Stephen's, likely the neighborhood's oldest surviving building

   Two years after the Harlem River Ship Canal cut Marble Hill off from the rest of Manhattan in 1895, the Methodist Episcopal congregation built St. Stephen's, with a cornerstone dated 1897. Architect Alexander McMillan Welch designed it. When Spuyten Duyvil Creek was filled around 1917, Marble Hill joined the mainland but stayed part of Manhattan.

   Source: Forgotten New York

2. 1897

   Alexander McMillan Welch designs the Shingle-style church

   Architect Alexander McMillan Welch gives St. Stephen's a two-story Shingle-style sanctuary on a raised basement, topped by a cross-gable roof, a small cupola, and a rose window over the entrance. A pronounced bell tower with an open belfry anchors the facade, and the sanctuary follows the Akron Plan, with a hip-roofed Sunday school wing attached to one side. A matching Queen Anne parsonage rises on the same lot.

   Source: Wikipedia

3. 1946

   Rev. William A. Tieck begins three decades as pastor and local historian

   Dr. William A. Tieck became pastor of St. Stephen's in 1946 and served until 1977. Alongside his ministry he was a historian of the Bronx and the founder of the Kingsbridge Historical Society while leading this small Marble Hill congregation.

   Source: Forgotten New York

4. 2012

   February 8

   St. Stephen's is added to the National Register of Historic Places

   The church was listed on the National Register on February 8, 2012. The listing describes a two-story Shingle Style church on a raised basement with a cross-gabled roof, a cupola, a rose window and an open-belfry bell tower, laid out inside on the Akron Plan, plus a Queen Anne frame parsonage next door.

   Source: Wikipedia

Further reading

• St. Stephen's Methodist ChurchWikipedia

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