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at 7002 Fourth Avenue and Ovington Avenue in

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. It was designed by architect

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. It was built in 1899 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was built of green serpentine stone and trimmed in brown stone. It featured a four-stage, crenelated clock tower. Also on the property was the contributing Sunday School building built in 1926–1927. ''Note:'' This includes an
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'', October 23, 2008 It was listed on the

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in 1999.

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