Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
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| Location | 552 W. End Ave., New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°47′21″N 73°58′38″W / 40.78917°N 73.97722°WCoordinates: 40°47′21″N 73°58′38″W / 40.78917°N 73.97722°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Haight, Charles C.; Cram & Ferguson |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference # | 99001442 |
| Added to NRHP | November 30, 1999 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church, located at 552 West End Avenue, on the southeast corner of 87th Street, in Manhattan's Upper West Side neighborhood. It was built in 1903 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The congregation was founded in 1871 by the Rev. Dr. Ferdinand C. Ewer, as part of the Anglo-Catholic movement. It first met in the former Holy Light Church (New York City) (a parish for the blind), at 437 Seventh Avenue, then in the former St. Paul's Dutch Reformed Church, located at 54-56 West 40th Street and facing what is now Bryant Park, before erecting the present building.
St. Ignatius' graceful English Gothic building was completed in 1902 to designs by architect Charles C. Haight, who also built New York's General Theological Seminary. The cruciform interior is made of Roman brick with a Guastavino tile ceiling.
The church is particularly noted for the excellence of its professional choir and for its notable concert series.
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