Messiah Mission Church, also known as Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, was a Lutheran church in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. The congregation was founded in 1916 and a two-storey brick school and chapel was built 1926 to designs by George W. Conable 46 West 24th Street, at 198-200 Sherman Avenue. The pastor who built the 1926 school church was Frederick P. Wilhem of 609 West 204th Street.[2][1]
| Messiah Mission Church | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Town or city | New York, New York |
| Country | United States of America |
| Construction started | 1926[1] |
| Completed | 1927 |
| Cost | $40,000[1] |
| Client | Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | brick masonry |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | George W. Conable 46 West 24th Street[1] |
Messiah merged in 1945 with St. Matthew's Lutheran Church with that congregation moving into Messiah's building. Messiah's church was sold when St. Matthew's (with Messiah) moved into a newly built church at 202 Sherman Avenue, Inwood, in 1957.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
- ^ Rev. Peter Debra, "Timeline of Messiah Mission Church," Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)
- ^ Rev. Peter Debra, A Timeline of a History of St. Matthew Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)
- ^ Rev. Peter Debra, "About Us" Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)
- Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.