CONTEMPORARY NY
photo of the metropolitan baptist church New York Architecture Images-Harlem and the Heights

Metropolitan Baptist Church

architect

John R. Davis

location

151 West 128th Street on the northeast corner of Adam C. Powell Blvd.

date

1884

style

 

construction

stone

type

Church

 

photo of the metropolitan baptist church
Originally the New York Presbyterian Church, this edifice was designed by John R. Davis in 1884; the auditorium was added in 1890 by Richard R. Davis. The white stone facade is brightened by polished orange granite columns capped by Romanesque"Afro" capitals. Note the graceful conical roof sweeping nobly towards heaven.

contact

nyc-architecture.com

links

 
With special thanks to www.nyc.gov