The Church-in-the-Gardens
73-01 Greenway North | also 50 Ascan Avenue, 107-02 Ascan Avenue | Forest Hills | built 1926
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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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- 1915
Grosvenor Atterbury and John Almy Tompkins II design a Tudor Revival church for Forest Hills Gardens
The Church-in-the-Gardens, also called Community Congregational Christian Church, began with a 1915 church by architects Grosvenor Atterbury and John Almy Tompkins II, a rectangular building marked by a tall tower and an attached bell tower. A Community House followed in 1926 and a Parish Hall in 1953, joined to the church by covered breezeways, with a separate parsonage built in 1929. All of them share an eclectic Tudor Revival style.
“The complex includes the church (1915), Community House (1926), and Parish Hall (1953) connected by breezeways and a separate parsonage (1929).”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2009
The church complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In 2009 the Church-in-the-Gardens complex in Forest Hills was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The listing covers the Congregational church of 1915 along with its Community House, Parish Hall and parsonage, all built in a mixed Tudor Revival manner.
“It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2012
The Congregational congregation joins the United Church of Christ
In May 2012 the congregation of the Church-in-the-Gardens, also known as the Community Congregational Christian Church, became part of the United Church of Christ. The move came three years after its Forest Hills buildings were placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
“The congregation joined the United Church of Christ in May 2012.”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- The Church-in-the-GardensWikipedia
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