Church of the Epiphany

373 2nd Avenue | Gramercy | built 1915

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

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1870
April 3
An earlier Church of the Epiphany opens on this Second Avenue site
The Roman Catholic parish of the Epiphany was established in 1868. Its first church building, designed by Napoleon LeBrun and built in 1869-1870 on the same site as today's church, was dedicated on April 3, 1870.
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1963
December 20
A cigarette fire destroys the original Epiphany church
A stray cigarette burned down the first Church of the Epiphany on December 20, 1963. A Madonna and Child stained-glass window was rescued from the fire, and a new church was built on the same site.
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1967
The parish rebuilds Epiphany in a modernist design by Belfatto & Pavarini
Belfatto & Pavarini designed the current church, built from 1965 to 1967 on the same site for $1.2 million. Seating is gathered closely around the main altar, in line with the liturgical reforms of Vatican II. Its stained glass includes a Madonna and Child window rescued from the 1963 fire.
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