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New York
Architecture Images-Harlem and the Heights Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church Landmark |
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architect |
John Rochester Thomas |
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location |
267 Malcolm X Boulevard on the northwest corner of West 123rd Street |
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date |
1885-87 |
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Gothic |
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construction |
Ohio sandstone |
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Church |
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| The Gothic-inspired Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem (later, Second Reform Church of Harlem) was designed in 1885-87 by architect John Rochester Thomas and built of Ohio sandstone. Careful inspection of the facade's lower level reveals carved corbel details in the shape of monsters and a mysterious man with a mustache between the doors. The truncated chimney-like steeple, a victim of a fire that destroyed the church's original interior, makes the it visible for blocks up and down the Boulevard. Booker T. Washington gave a sermon at Ephesus and the famous Boys Choir of Harlem was founded here in 1968. | |
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| With special thanks to www.nyc.gov | |
