Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
201 Lenox Avenue | Harlem | built 1907
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1907
The building is constructed as Temple Israel's synagogue
The church building at 201 Lenox Avenue was constructed in 1907 for Temple Israel. Architectural features of the synagogue are still visible inside the church today.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1925
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church buys the former Temple Israel synagogue
The building was purchased in 1925 and became the church home of Mt. Olivet's African American congregation. It stands on Lenox Avenue, also known as Malcolm X Boulevard, and the Harlem Gospel Choir performs there.
Source: Wikipedia
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