St. Philip's Episcopal Church
207 West 133rd Street | also 204 West 134th Street | Harlem | built 1970
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- 1911
St. Philip's completes its Harlem church, designed by Black architects
St. Philip's Episcopal Church, whose congregation dates to 1809, sold its property on 25th Street around 1909 for $600,000. With the money it bought the site of its current church and ten apartment buildings on West 135th Street. The church at 204 West 134th Street was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by Vertner Tandy and George Foster and built in 1910 to 1911.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1993
The city designates St. Philip's Episcopal Church a landmark
New York City designated St. Philip's Episcopal Church a landmark on July 13, 1993. The congregation, founded in 1809, is the oldest Black Episcopal parish in the city. The National Register of Historic Places listed the church in 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
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