Chapel of the Intercession Complex
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Location | 550 West 155th Street Manhattan, New York City |
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Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°49′56″N 73°56′50″W / 40.83222°N 73.94722°W |
Built | 1912-1915 |
Architect | Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue |
Architectural style |
church: Late English Gothic Revival, and others vicarage: Tudor Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 80002677 |
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Added to NRHP | July 24, 1980 |
Designated NYCL | August 16, 1966 |
The Church of the Intercession is an Episcopal congregation located at 550 West 155th Street, at Broadway, on the border of the Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City, on the grounds of Trinity Church Cemetery. The congregation was founded in 1846, and the current sanctuary, built in 1912-15, was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in the Gothic Revival style. From 1906-1976, it was a chapel of Trinity Church.
The Church of the Intercession and its Tudor Revival vicarage were designated New York City Landmarks in 1966, and the complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The congregation which became the Church of the Intercession was founded in 1846 in Carmansville, a hamlet which would later be known as Audubon Park before becoming part of the Washington Heights neighborhood, by John James Audubon and John R. Morewood; it was incorporated in 1847. Services were inititially held in Morewood's home, with members who came from both Trinity Church on Broadway and Wall Street, and from the Church of the Ascension at Fifth Avenue and 10th Street.