Marble Collegiate Church
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Marble Collegiate Reformed Church
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Marble Collegiate Church
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| Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′44″N 73°59′15″W / 40.74556°N 73.98750°WCoordinates: 40°44′44″N 73°59′15″W / 40.74556°N 73.98750°W |
| Built | 1851 |
| Architect | Samuel A. Warner |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 80002699 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | January 11, 1967 |
The Marble Collegiate Church, founded in 1628, is one of the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in North America. The congregation, which is part of the Reformed Church in America, is now located at 272 Fifth Avenue at the corner of West 29th Street in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1851–54 and was designed by Samuel A. Warner in Romanesque Revival style with Gothic trim. The facade is covered in Tuckahoe marble, for which the church, originally called the Fifth Avenue Church, was renamed in 1906.
The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1967, and in 1980 was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The church congregation was founded in 1628 as the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church, a Calvinist church in the Netherlands. During its first 150 years, Marble shared its ministers with the other Collegiate congregations as they developed in the city. This pooling of pastoral ministry was abandoned in 1871. The name "Collegiate" remains as part of the heritage of the four such churches in New York City today, and they participate in an administrative unit that oversees physical properties and investments held in common. The other congregations are Middle Collegiate, West End Collegiate, and Fort Washington Collegiate.
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