Church of the Holy Innocents (Albany, New York)
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Church of the Holy Innocents
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North profile and east elevation, 2011
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| Location | Albany, NY |
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| Coordinates | 42°39′31″N 73°44′54″W / 42.65861°N 73.74833°WCoordinates: 42°39′31″N 73°44′54″W / 42.65861°N 73.74833°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Frank Wills; Wollett & Ogden |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 78001836 |
| Added to NRHP | January 31, 1978 |
The former Church of the Holy Innocents, later known as Church of the Nativity of our Virgin Lady, was originally an Episcopal church located on North Pearl Street (New York State Route 32) in Albany, New York, United States. It and an adjacent chapel were built in the mid-19th century in an early Gothic Revival style designed by Frank Wills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
A small garden surrounding the church and chapel gives it the feel of an English country parish church despite its urban surroundings. Its interior has several stained glass windows designed by John Bolton, brother of William Jay Bolton. A century after its construction the Episcopal congregation moved to a newer church and sold it to a Russian Orthodox church, which renamed it and added an onion dome. They have subsequently moved out and the building remains vacant.
The church and chapel complex is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of North Pearl and Colonie Street, roughly one half-mile (1 km) north of downtown Albany and a few blocks east of the Arbor Hill neighborhood. It is located at the point where the terrain, flat all the way to the Hudson River one-quarter mile (500 m) away, starts rising to the west, creating a dropoff at the east end of the property. The surrounding neighborhood is mostly residential, showing the varied effects of past urban renewal programs.
Across Colonie, to the north, is a large vacant lot and some unused railroad tracks. To the south are some other older commercial and residential buildings. A pair of modern high-rise apartment buildings, with a complex of small, newer ones to their north, are across North Pearl to the west.
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