Tercera Iglesia Bautista (Third Baptist Church)
322 Alexander Avenue | also 330 East 141st Street, 316 Alexander Avenue | Mott Haven | built 1902
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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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- 1900
Ward & Davis design a corner church for the Alexander Avenue Baptist Church
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The church at the corner of Alexander Avenue and East 141st Street was designed by Ward & Davis and built in 1900-1902 for the Alexander Avenue Baptist Church. The landmarks report called the church's style extremely modern for its day, with plain brick walls set off by rich detail at the top and base.
“It was designed by Ward & Davis and was built for the Alexander Avenue Baptist Church in 1900-1902.”
- 1902
The church's corner tower rises to an open belfry and a copper-crested dome
The church is laid out symmetrically around the corner, where its main entrance and tower stand. The tower grows more ornate as it rises, with Baroque and Spanish features; four large inverted consoles hold up a copper-crested dome above the open belfry. Light-colored rusticated stone at the base and around the windows contrasts with smooth brick, and curved walls of brick headers flank the tower.
“…the open belfry, located just below four large inverted consoles which support the copper crested dome…”
- 1969
A Spanish-speaking congregation, the Tercera Iglesia Bautista, worships in the building
By the time the Mott Haven Historic District was designated in 1969, the church built for the Alexander Avenue Baptist Church was occupied by the Tercera Iglesia Bautista, or Third Baptist Church. The landmarks report remarked that the building's design happened to suggest Spanish antecedents, which suited its present congregation. It described the church as marking the northern end of the district.
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- 314 Alexander Avenue1 entry
- Tercera Iglesia Bautista parsonage338 East 141st Street | 1 entry
- 340 East 141st Street2 entries
- 312 Alexander Avenue1 entry
- 342 East 141st Street1 entry
- 310 Alexander Avenue2 entries