St. Augustine's Church

290 Henry Street | also 333 Madison Street | Lower East Side | built 1920

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

1. 1824

   May 27

   The Parish of All Saints' Church is formally established

   A mission near the old Grand Street ferry, started in 1819 by theological students, led Colonel Marinus Willett to organize a movement the following year to form an Episcopal parish. The Parish of All Saints' Church was formally established on May 27, 1824, driven by Rev. Atwater Clark.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1828

   June 8

   Bishop Hobart consecrates the new fieldstone free church

   Bishop Hobart laid the cornerstone on October 3, 1827, and consecrated the finished fieldstone church, blending Georgian and Federal styles, on June 8, 1828. The words "All Saints Church Free" carved over the entrance announced that the 1,200-seat sanctuary charged no pew rents, unusual for the time.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1873

   Boss Tweed escapes through a church window during a police ambush

   William "Boss" Tweed had attended All Saints' as a boy and scratched his name into a window. In 1873, with police closing in, he slipped out through a church window while attending his mother's funeral there, evading arrest for a time.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1949

   All Saints' merges with Trinity's St. Augustine's Chapel

   All Saints' Church merged with St. Augustine's Chapel, a Trinity Church mission, in 1949, with both congregations sharing the Henry Street building. The combined parish took the St. Augustine's name and became fully independent of Trinity Parish in 1976.

   Source: Wikipedia

5. 1966

   The city designates the schist and Gothic-windowed church a landmark

   New York City designated the Manhattan schist church, designed by architect John Heath with a double pediment and projecting tower, a landmark in 1966. It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, recognizing one of the oldest surviving church buildings on the Lower East Side.

   Source: Wikipedia

Further reading

• St. Augustine's Church (Manhattan)Wikipedia
• All Saints' Church -- No. 290 Henry StreetDaytonian in Manhattan

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