Grace Congregational Church

For the Lower Manhattan facility, see Grace Church (Manhattan).

Grace Congregational Church of Harlem is a congregational church in Harlem, New York City, New York.[1] It has served African Americans including in the theater industry. The building, designed by Joseph Ireland in a Romanesque architectural style and completed in 1892, served two other congregations before this one.[2]

Marian Anderson and composer Duke Ellington attended the church and organist Sylvia Olden Lee was a congregant.[1]

It is at 308-310 139th Street in the Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District. A proposal to redevelop the property would demolish the church and incorporate a new one into a building with housing units.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Stack, Liam (October 22, 2021). "Why New York City is Trying to Preserve a Crumbling Church". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Our History". Grace Congregational Church of Harlem.
  3. ^ Nunez, Lissette (October 26, 2021). "Century-old Harlem church struggling to survive". FOX 5.
  4. ^ Krisel, Brendan (December 3, 2019). "Harlem Church to be Redeveloped into Apartments". Harlem, NY Patch.

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