St. George's Church (New York City)
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St. George's Church is a Ukrainian Catholic
church located in the East Village, Manhattan
of New York City
on E. 7th Street at the southeast corner of Hall Place.
and was adapted to the Ukrainian Byzantine rite in 1911. later termed the Old Building by the new Ukrainian Catholic owners. The AIA Guide to NYC (Revised Edition 1978) described it as “A Greek Revival
temple in stucco, with a mini-onion dome.” The AIA regretted the “domed symbol of the parish’s wealth and burgeoning membership: Miami Beach on 7th Street replaces the real Greek Revival thing.” The AIA Guide to NYC (Fifth Edition, 2010) clarified that that church was built in 1840 and demolished in 1976 "to provide off-street parking for the congregation's new building next door."
The present church building was built in 1977 to designs by architect Apollinaire Osadca
. It replaced an earlier church.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , Ukrainska Hreko-Katolytska Tserkva), is the largest Eastern Rite Catholic sui juris particular church in full communion with the Holy See, and is directly subject to the Pope...
church located in the East Village, Manhattan
East Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
of New York City
New York City
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on E. 7th Street at the southeast corner of Hall Place.
Buildings
The previous church was located at East 7th Street, between Hall Place and Second Avenue. The former St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church was originally built in the 1840s by the Methodist Episcopal ChurchMethodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, was a development of the first expression of Methodism in the United States. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops. Through a series of...
and was adapted to the Ukrainian Byzantine rite in 1911. later termed the Old Building by the new Ukrainian Catholic owners. The AIA Guide to NYC (Revised Edition 1978) described it as “A Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
temple in stucco, with a mini-onion dome.” The AIA regretted the “domed symbol of the parish’s wealth and burgeoning membership: Miami Beach on 7th Street replaces the real Greek Revival thing.” The AIA Guide to NYC (Fifth Edition, 2010) clarified that that church was built in 1840 and demolished in 1976 "to provide off-street parking for the congregation's new building next door."
The present church building was built in 1977 to designs by architect Apollinaire Osadca
Apollinaire Osadca
Apollinaire Osadca, AIA, was an American architect of Ukrainian descent active in New York City whose principle clients were Ukrainian groups in the Northeast United States.-Early life and education:...
. It replaced an earlier church.
See also
- St. George's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)St. George's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)St. George's Episcopal Church is a historic church located at 209 East 16th Street at Rutherford Place, on Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan, New York City. Called "one of the first and most significant examples of Early Romanesque Revival church architecture in America", the church exterior was...
- St. George's Church (Flushing, New York)St. George's Church (Flushing, New York)St. George's Church is an intercultural, multilingual Episcopal congregation in Flushing, New York with members from over twenty different nations of origin. A landmark church, it has served an ever changing congregation for over 300 years.-History:...