All Angels' Parish House

251 West 80th Street | Upper West Side | built 1910

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1904
Henry Hardenbergh designs All Angels' parish house
Henry J. Hardenbergh, architect of the Dakota and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, filed plans in 1904 for a $90,000 parish house for All Angels' Church. Its brick and limestone facade blends Gothic tracery with tall Flemish dormers. A Gothic stone arch framing the upper windows gives the look of a two-story chapel window.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1922
A Bronx Zoo scientist lectures on evolution at the parish house
In 1922, Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars of the Bronx Zoo gave a lecture on 30,000,000 years of evolution at the All Angels' parish house. It was accompanied by about 4,000 feet of film that included scenes of dinosaurs.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1979
The parish house becomes All Angels' home as the old church is demolished
By 1976, the congregation had shrunk to about 150 members and its large church had become a financial burden, so the offices and services moved into the parish house. The Gothic Revival church was demolished in 1979, and a 21-story apartment house was built in its place. The parish house now hosts Sunday services and Pathways, a weekly program offering clothing, showers and social, psychiatric and medical services.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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