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New York
Architecture Images- Midtown St John the Baptist |
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architect |
Napoleon LeBrun & Sons |
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location |
210 West 31st Street |
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1871 |
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Gothic |
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Church |
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The church was founded in 1840 but the present
building was designed by Napoleon LeBrun in 1871 and completed in 1872.
Brownstone facade with centrally placed French Gothic tower and spire.
Compare this with the flimsy appearance of the side walls, glimpsed in
the picture, left. Inside there is no division between nave and chancel which terminates in an east apse. Thin arcades, blank triforium and large clerestory windows combine with cross-vaulting probably of plaster. The arches of the apse are blank and the easternmost window is a small rose. |
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Special thanks to
www.churchcrawler.co.uk
(British and international church architecture site) for generous
permission to use images and info.
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