Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
216 North 12th Street | also 433 Driggs Avenue | Williamsburg | built 1921
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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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- 1921
The Byzantine-style cathedral with copper onion domes is completed to Louis Allmendiger's design
The report on the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord gives its dates as begun 1916 (with a question mark) and completed 1921, to designs by Louis Allmendiger. It follows a Greek-cross plan in yellow brick, with an enormous copper-covered onion dome at the crossing and four octagonal belfries at the corners topped by domes and Russian crosses.
- 1969
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the cathedral, and its rector calls it an honor
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the cathedral a landmark on November 19, 1969, after a public hearing on February 8, 1966 at which one witness spoke in favor and none opposed. Its rector, the Very Rev. Igor Tkachuk, wrote to the commission that the congregation was proud of the designation. The commission praised the building as an outstanding early 20th-century church in a Russian version of the Byzantine style.
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