Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church, is an historic church at 88 Hanson Place between South Oxford Street and South Portland Avenue in the
Fort Greene neighborhood of
Brooklyn,
New York City, which was built in 1857-60 as the Hanson Place Baptist Church. It was designed by George Penchard in the
Early Romanesque Revival style. The building, which is constructed of brick on a brick foundation covered in
stucco
Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...
, features an entrance
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
topped by a steeply pitched pediment supported by four
Corinthian column
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s, while the side facade on South Portland features
pilasters
In classical architecture, a pilaster is an architectural element used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists of a flat surface raised from the main wall ...
. The building's interior and exterior were restored in the 1970s. It has been a Seventh-day Adventist church since 1963.
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The church was designated a New York City landmark
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. The LPC is responsible for protecting New York City's architecturally, historically, and cu ...
in 1970, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
See also
* List of New York City Landmarks
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References
Notes
External links
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Official website
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn
Neoclassical architecture in New York City
Churches completed in 1860
Churches in Brooklyn
Seventh-day Adventist churches in the United States
New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn
Neoclassical church buildings in the United States
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