Mount Washington Presbyterian Church

84 Vermilyea Avenue | also 80 Vermilyea Avenue | Inwood | built 1928

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

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1844
Samuel Thomson founds Inwood's oldest congregation
Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, Inwood's oldest congregation, was founded in 1844 by Samuel Thomson. Under the Rev. George Shipman Payson, pastor from 1874 to 1920 and the namesake of nearby Payson Avenue, it served the area's early families, including the Dyckmans, Ishams and Vermilyeas.
Source: 6tocelebrate.org
1928
The subway pushes Mount Washington Presbyterian to a new church on Vermilyea Avenue
The coming of the Independent subway line forced the congregation out of its old building on Dyckman Street in the late 1920s. The new church at Vermilyea Avenue, designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Guard, was completed in 1928. In 2005 the New York Landmarks Conservancy funded repairs to its roof and copper drainage.
Source: 6tocelebrate.org
2005
The Landmarks Conservancy repairs the church's roof and drainage
The Upper Manhattan Historic Preservation Fund of the New York Landmarks Conservancy pays for repairs to the church's slate-tile roof and copper drains. The church, built in 1928 on Vermilyea Avenue, is the second home of Inwood's oldest congregation.
Source: 6tocelebrate.org

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