Christ Church, United Methodist is a United Methodist church on the

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in New York City.

History

Located at the northwest corner of

Park Avenue Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Av ...

and 60th Street, the church was built primarily during 1931–1933. Church services began in 1933 but financial impacts of the

Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...

and shortages of

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prevented the mosaics planned for the interior from being executed until 1948–49. The church was designed by Ralph Adams Cram, who is known for his

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

ecclesiastical architecture. While designing this church, he used a combination of Romanesque and

Byzantine Revival Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ...

styles instead. In addition to its operation as a church, Christ Church has operated an early childhood

day school A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children and adolescents are given instructions during the day, after which the students return to their homes. A day school has full-day programs when compar ...

since 1949.

Gallery

NYC Christ Church United Methodist 03.jpg, Choir NYC Christ Church United Methodist 02.jpg, Inside view

References

External links

Christ Church
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