Andrews United Methodist Church

95 Richmond Street | Cypress Hills | built 1930

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

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1878
A two-story Italianate parsonage is built on the property, before the church itself
The original parsonage on the church property at 95 Richmond Street was built in 1878 and 1879, years before the church. It is a two-story frame house in the Italianate style, and it still stands beside the church.
Source: Wikipedia
1893
The Methodist congregation completes a Queen Anne church with a large rose window
The church was built in 1893 as a one-story, asymmetrical building of orange brick in the Queen Anne style. A big rose window marks the front, and a three-story square bell tower rises beside it. Inside, the plan follows the Akron Plan, and a two-story Sunday school wing is attached.
“It was built in 1893 and is a one-story, asymmetrical orange brick church in the Queen Anne style. It features a massive rose window…”
Source: Wikipedia
1992
The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In 1992 the church and its property were added to the National Register of Historic Places. The congregation is now known as Andrews Ghana Wesley United Methodist Church.
“It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.”
Source: Wikipedia

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