Our Saviour (Catholic Apostolic Church)
417 West 57th Street | Hell's Kitchen | built 1886
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- 1887
Architect Francis Kimball designs an eclectic Gothic church
The Catholic Apostolic Church, whose New York congregation dates to 1848, hires architect Francis H. Kimball to design a new church at 417 West 57th Street. Workers lay the cornerstone on July 1, 1885, and complete the roughly $50,000 building in 1887, combining orange brick, terra-cotta trim, brownstone, and tile in a mix of Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival styles with touches of Queen Anne and Byzantine detail.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1900
The Catholic Apostolic Church awaits a Second Coming that never comes
The congregation follows the Catholic Apostolic Church, founded in England by Edward Irving, whose members expect Christ's imminent return and organize under twelve "apostles" who ordain local clergy called "angels." When the last living apostle, Francis Vilton Woodhouse, dies around 1900, no successor can be ordained, leaving the movement in what members call a prolonged "time of silence."
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 2001
The city landmarks the former Catholic Apostolic church
On February 7, 2001, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designates 417 West 57th Street a city landmark under its original name, the Catholic Apostolic Church, recognizing Kimball's Gothic Revival design.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
A Lutheran congregation restores the aging Catholic Apostolic church
As the Catholic Apostolic congregation dwindles, the building passes in 1995 to Lutheran Life's Journey Ministries, whose congregation joins the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in 1997 as the Church for All Nations. That congregation holds its final service on April 26, 2015, and moves to a rehearsal studio on West 54th Street.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- Our Saviour New YorkWikipedia
- The 1887 Catholic Apostolic Church -- No. 417 W 57th St.Daytonian in Manhattan
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