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Fort Washington Collegiate Church is a Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church located at Magaw Place and 181st Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
The congregation's Country Gothic style building was designed by the architecture firm Nelson & Van Wagenen, and constructed in 1908–9 as an outreach of the West End Collegiate Church,[1] at a time when the area was a suburb of New York City.[2] It became a full member of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in 1916, along with the Marble, Middle and West End Collegiate Churches. Ft. Washington Collegiate incorporates the congregation of the Hamilton Grange Reformed Church and former members of the Harlem Reformed Dutch Church.[3][4]
The church carried out a major renovation and expansion of its buildings beginning in 2013.[5]
Notable clergy
editA. J. Muste was pastor from the time of the church's foundation in 1909 until he left the Reformed Church in 1914 due to an alteration in his theological principles.[6]
Rev. Robert Rodriguez was named Pastor in 2013, the first Latino pastor in the history of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the United States.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alexander, Cathy. "Fort Washington Collegiate Church" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 474. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2.
- ^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 571. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-231-12543-7.
- ^ Congregation History
- ^ Feiden, Douglas (April 4, 2013). "Fort Washington Collegiate Church to kick off grand expansion". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ Hentoff, Nat (1963). Peace Agitator: The Story of A.J. Muste. New York: Macmillan. p. 38. ISBN 9780960809608.
- ^ Puga, Kristina (October 10, 2013). "North America's oldest continuing Protestant church welcomes its first Latino pastor". NBC News Latino. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
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