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Sea and Land Church
Location: 61 Henry St., New York, New York Coordinates: 40°42′47″N 73°59′41″W / 40.71306°N 73.99472°WCoordinates: 40°42′47″N 73°59′41″W / 40.71306°N 73.99472°W Built: 1819 Architectural style: Georgian, Gothic Revival NRHP Reference#: 80002716[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: April 9, 1980 Designated NYCL: January 18, 1966 The historic Sea and Land Church (known as Northeast Dutch Reformed Church until 1864) is located 61 Henry Street and Market Street in New York, NY. It was built in 1819 of manhattan schist, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1980. The structure is one of the three Georgian Gothic Revival churches on the Lower East Side with the other ones being St. Augustine's Chapel and the Church of the Transfiguration. It is also the second oldest church building in New York City.
Since 1951, the church building has been used by the First Chinese Presbyterian Church, which shared the site with the Sea and Land Church until 1972 when that congregation was dissolved.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ History of FCPC
Categories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- Georgian architecture in New York
- Gothic Revival architecture in New York
- Buildings and structures completed in 1819
- 19th-century Reformed Church in America church buildings
- Stone churches in New York
- New York County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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