Chapel Of The Good Shepherd (Roosevelt Island)
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The Chapel of the Good Shepherd is a historic
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church designed by architect Frederick Clarke Withers and built in 1888, located at 543 Main Street on
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in
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. It was originally an
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chapel, but is now the Good Shepherd Community Ecumenical Center, used for Episcopal worship services and by other groups. The chapel was listed on the
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in 1972, and was restored in 2003.NYC Landmarks
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Church of the Good Shepherd, Roosevelt Island website
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Good Shepherd The Good Shepherd ( el, ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, ''poimḗn ho kalós'') is an image used in the pericope of , in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Similar imagery is used in Psalm 23 ...
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Churches completed in 1888 19th-century Episcopal church buildings Roosevelt Island Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) 1888 establishments in New York (state) {{Manhattan-church-stub